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this is chapter 10 in the book Employee and Labor Relations

HR Knowledge 5: Legal & Unions

Select and READ one of the following case studies (located in your textbook):

CASE 10-1 WILLFUL VIOLATION, OR A PROBLEM THAT CAN BE CORRECTED? 
CASE 10-2 CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE AND REINSTATEMENT OF STRIKERS 

Next, analyze the case and provide an overview of key points or discussions. An overview is not a detailed description or regurgitated statements from the case, but instead key points in the case. Then, make 2 recommendations for improvements for any parts of the case (think like an HR leader). Saying that someone should have did this, or what you would have done are not considered improvements.

NOTES:

• One to three small sentence-responses for analyzing the cases are not considered substantive.
• You may only have no more than two references for your response and each must be appropriately cited in the words.
• You may not copy and paste any part of another student’s response as part of your response.
• For this course, you must comment to a minimum of 1 other student’s response…No Exceptions!
• Although not mandatory, you are strongly encouraged to make your initial post by Wednesday of each week so that you have plenty of time to respond to your classmates

Refer to the topics covered in this week’s resources and incorporate them into your blog.

Post a blog post that includes:

• An explanation of potential challenges in adhering to confidentiality in your field education experience
• A description of agency policies or mandates with regard to confidentiality
• An explanation of potential challenges in communicating with clients within your agency

(The agency I am currently working at is the Cumberland County Health Department as a Case Manager for at Risk Children)

Resources for assignment:

Laureate Education. (Producer). (2013). Confidentiality [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Note:  This audio introduction is located in the “Introduction and Objectives” section. The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minute.

https://www-tandfonline-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1300/J137v13n04_04

https://web-a-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=3e690906-feb2-42d6-a086-6e92e8002f56%40sdc-v-sessmgr02&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=59749134&db=a9h

Discussion 1

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the articles Who Needs Budgets?, Traditional Budgeting vs. Beyond Budgeting (Links to an external site.) in the Financial Planning page of the CFO Edge website, and Traditional Budgeting Versus Beyond Budgeting: A Literature Review (Links to an external site.).

In the words of GE’s legendary ex-CEO Jack Welch, Jack Welch, “The budgeting process at most companies has to be the most ineffective practice in management. It sucks the energy, time, fun, and big dreams out of an organization (…) [and] brings out the most unproductive behaviors (…)” (Welch & Welch, 2005, p. 189).

Some argue that the purposes of budgeting can be achieved without the conventional budgeting process. These companies espouse an idea called beyond budgeting that proposes to replace annual budgets with rolling forecasts of key performance indicators (Hope & Fraser, 2003). Others disagree, pointing out that the work of continuous planning is costlier than budgeting and that doing something continuously tends to make the process superficial.

So, the jury is still out. But so far, GE still prepares budgets! Discuss in an initial post of 200 words whether the controversial concept of beyond budgeting is a better approach for financial planning and analysis (FP&A) than traditional budgeting.

Discussion 2

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the Budget of the United States Government (Links to an external site.).

Congress is responsible for creating the federal government’s annual budget. For agencies and their programs to be funded, Congressional authorization committees must pass, and the President must sign, all 12 authorization bills by September 30—the last day of the current fiscal year—so the country can have a new budget in time for the start of the next fiscal year (USA.gov, n.d.).

Access the Government Publishing Office (Links to an external site.) to obtain Historical Budgetary Tables following the steps below:

• Click on the link to access the Budget of the United States Government (Links to an external site.)
• Click on the “Fiscal Year 2018” link
• Scroll down and select “Historical Tables”
• Obtain the .xls (Excel) file format of Table 1.1 and Table 1.2 to complete the two requirements below:
  • Table 1.2 shows the budget of Surpluses or Deficits (–) as Percentages of gross domestic product (GDP). Determine how many times since 1950 the budget has shown a surplus and how many times it has shown a deficit using the data in the Total column, “Surplus or Deficit.” Also, identify the 3 years with the highest deficits, and the year with the highest surplus as a as a percentage of GDP. What were the surplus and deficit percentages for these years?
  • Table 1.1 shows the budget Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (–) from 1789–2022. Identify whether the highest deficits incurred in the identified years from Table 1.2 were paid with tax revenues (receipts) or borrowed funds (outlays). Discuss how the government gets money and where the government spends money on.
• Click on the “Fiscal Year 2018” link, scroll down and obtain the PDF file for “Major Savings and Reforms” to complete the last requirement. The Major Savings and Reforms volume describes major savings and reform proposals included in the 2018 President’s Budget.
  • Discuss major discretionary budget eliminations. Why is it important that government budgets accurately estimate future revenues during economic downturns?

Based on your What Rewards Do I Value Most? Assessment result, what motivational technique(s) would you use to motivate yourself, and why? Would you use the same technique(s) to motivate your co-worker(s) and/or employee(s)? Why or why not?

“Transfer It”  Please respond to the following:

• Rate the three (3) most important concepts that you learned in this course in order of importance (one [1] being the most important). Propose two (2) applications of this knowledge in your current or a future position.
• Predict the most significant ethical issue that you believe HR professionals will face in the next ten (10) years. Provide a rationale for your response.

 This research-based assignment focuses on the latest available information about creating, organizing, and managing a total rewards program. Envision a service-based (insurance, telemarketing, or other) profit organization that employs 20,000 employees in 17 different countries. There are 2,000 management-level individuals who speak a variety of languages. The company employs diverse individuals who are governed by multiple regulatory environments. Write an eight- to ten-page paper in which you: 

1. Create a brief overview of the company requirements for a total rewards system. 

2. Formulate a total rewards strategy to encompass the fundamentals of compensation and the regulatory environments. 

3. Explain the advantages of the total rewards strategy you are proposing and how it might satisfy the employees’ needs. 

4. Determine the key communication components of the total rewards system. 

5. Indicate your strategy for devising a competitive pay structure. 

6. Use at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not quality as academic resources. 

 As discussed in the unit lesson, resolving conflict in the workplace requires using interpersonal skills, management skills, and techniques. Interpersonal skills can consist of understanding individual differences, self-esteem, self-confidence, communication, teamwork skills, problem-solving skills, cultural relations skills, motivation skills, customer service skills, ethical behavior skills, and stress management skills. Management skills focus on the type of management skill applied such as collaborating, accommodating, forcing, avoiding, and compromising. As a member of the workforce, you must be able to effectively resolve conflict, either with the use of interpersonal skills, management skills, or by applying the recommended ways of responding to tension in the workplace (e.g., overcoming defensiveness, accepting of the tension, and resolving the tension).

For your Unit VI Assignment, please reflect on your knowledge of resolving conflict that you have experienced or observed in the workplace. Please analyze what you have learned. Describe how your learned knowledge can be used. Also, identify how this information can be used to resolve conflict in the workplace in your current job or from a past incident you have experienced. What steps/methods were used in resolving the conflict?

Sales Force Compensation
Due Week 4 and worth 150 points
 

For companies that have a mission of selling, a major objective is to motivate the salespeople.  While that are many factors that go into motivating these people, one of the primary factors is the compensation plan that describes how they will be rewarded. Research a large organization’s sales force and its compensation plan ( AT&T). Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. In order to motivate the sales force to produce the highest number of clients, describe six (6) features of an effective total rewards program.

2. Describe the behaviors of the sales force that are targeted with the compensation plan.

3. Assess how a value proposition is achieved for current and future employees in the plan you have outlined.

4. Based upon the type of plan you have created, indicate how attracted you think future salespeople may be to this plan.

5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment

It has been established that the Right to Health Care is not a guaranteed right in American law. Despite this, there have been many legal enactments that have incrementally moved in that direction without expressly granting it. After reviewing the background readings as well as doing your own research, draft a 1- to 2-page (single-spaced) position statement on whether the right to health care should be guaranteed in the United States. Be sure to include some discussion of ethics behind your position, including a discussion of ethical principles. You will not be graded on which side you choose, but you must support your position with reputable and reliable sources; this is not an opinion piece.

Please review the following document on how to draft a position paper; you are expected to follow the outline that is located within this document.

Xavier University Library. (2014). How to write a position paper. Retrieved from https://www.xavier.edu/library/students/documents/position_paper.pdf

SLP Assignment Expectations

1. Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your report.
2. Limit your response to a maximum of 2 pages (title and reference page is not included in page number count).
3. Support your paper with peer-reviewed articles, with at least 3 references. Use the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed journals:
   Angelo State University Library. (n.d.). Library guides: How to recognize peer-reviewed (refereed) journals. Retrieved from https://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php
4. You may use the following source to assist in formatting your assignment:
   Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). General APA guidelines. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
5. For additional information on reliability of sources, review the following source:
   Georgetown University Library. (n.d.). Evaluating internet resources. Retrieved from https://www.library.georgetown.edu/tutorials/research-guides/evaluating-internet-content
6. This assignment will be graded based on the content in the rubric.

Instructions

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction:

In the project for week three, you developed a plan to link the performance management system with an organization’s strategic goals. Now, it is time to evaluate the following concepts: coaching, coaching styles, coaching process, and performance review.

Tasks:

• Evaluate the components of coaching.
• Integrate coaching styles with the Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory.
• Analyze the coaching process.
• Evaluate each element of the performance review meetings.

To support your work, use your course and text 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.

Submission Details:

• Create a 2-3 page Microsoft word document.
• Name your file as SU_HRM5050_W4_Project_LastName_FirstName.