Planning Benefits Strategically

 Internal and external forces will greatly impact organizational strategies and this is also the case with strategies for planning employee benefits. Review the list of internal forces that influence benefit strategy and select any 2 that you feel might have the greatest influence and explain why. Then, select 1 external force influencing benefits strategy with the greatest influence and also explain why. 

Please provide 2 references

NO PLAGIARISM

WILL BE CHECKED BY TURITIN AND SAFEASSIGN

Competition

Step 1: Research

Search online and find 1-3 articles that discuss the competition between Target and Walmart. For each article:

  • Provide a link to the article.
  • Identify which aspects of the article will be helpful as you conduct your SWOT analysis.

Step 2: Strengths

Based on your own experiences shopping at Target and Walmart and the research you conducted:

  • Identify 1-2 strengths Target has in comparison to Walmart. For each strength, explain your rationale.

Step 3: Weaknesses

Based on your own experiences shopping at Target and Walmart and the research you conducted:

  • Identify 1-2 weaknesses Target has in comparison to Walmart. For each weakness, explain your rationale.

Step 4: Opportunities

Based on your own experiences shopping at Target and Walmart and the research you conducted:

  • Identify 1-2 possible opportunities Target has to be more competitive with Walmart. For each opportunity, explain your rationale.

Step 5: Threats

Based on your own experiences shopping at Target and Walmart and the research you conducted:

  • Identify 1-2 possible threats that might diminish Target’s competitiveness with Walmart. For each threat, explain your rationale.

Step 6: Who Will Come Out Ahead?

Based on your SWOT analysis, do think that Target or Walmart is better positioned over the long term to come out ahead? Why?

Step 7: Real-World Application

Conduct a SWOT analysis for your company and one of its biggest competitors using the methodology outlined in Steps 1-6.

HSA1

According to Chapter 1 in the textbook, a comparison of several countries with different levels of income shows that quality of health care and life expectancy among these nations are similar. However, the cost of care in the U.S. is the highest among the nations in the comparison. Analyze the main specific factors that affect the cost of health care services in the U.S. and recommend one way that physician practices can help reduce the overall cost of health care services in the U.S. Provide a rationale for your response.

Section 1 Practice Operations and Functions [PDF]          .

Week 3 Project

 

Instructions

Supporting Lectures:

Review the following lectures:

Introduction:

Congratulations! You have just been hired as the chief trainer for a large financial consulting operation headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is a company that flourishes on the basis of the fact that other companies need help to get their finances “squared away.” The company wants to develop and retain internal folks for major growth opportunities. They understand that personal growth, development, promotion, and recognition are the keys to a highly efficient and effective workforce. Therefore, the owner decided to implement a twelve-month training opportunity for anyone interested in personal growth, development, promotion, and recognition.

The owner has decided the name of the program to be “The GAP Endeavor,” which stands for growth, advancement, and performance. Anyone can become a financial advisor who, prior to training, lacks the hands-on experience to ensure success of the person and company. Aspiring financial planners participate in both online and face-to-face learning during the first ten weeks of the program. In the classroom, the instructors provide knowledge about finance, financial products, and selling. Also, to enhance selling skills and customer service, learners engage in role-plays. The next nine months of the program include mentoring and on-the-job experiences. Learners work with experienced financial planners in their practices, providing real and timely advice to clients. During these nine months, the learners are provided with on-the-job coaching, professional development, and complete compliance training.

After successfully completing the program, the learners achieve the status that allows them to start their new venture and join one of the company’s personal financial practices. The owner has asked you to provide information regarding determining the success of The GAP Endeavor.

Tasks:

  • Analyze why training should be evaluated.
  • Describe the evaluation process and explain what it should look like for this effort.
  • Analyze the outcomes of the evaluation process and include how the data should be collected.
  • Explain which evaluation design the evaluation process should use.

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.

Submission Details:

  • Create a 3–4-page Microsoft Word document.
  • Name your file as SU_HRM5060_W3_Project_LastName_FirstName.

answer the questions from the slides above

In addition to answering the questions within the presentation, that are embedded within the slides, please respond to the following:

1. Can you identify with any of the reasons for resisting change, listed on the final slide? Have you ever resisted change in your own workplace, or in the university environment?

2. Generally, what can managers/leaders do to make difficult change easier?

and here are the lovely slides:

LCBChange-Innovation.pptx (1433142)

Read more: https://www.csucob.com/news/week-12-managing-change-and-innovation/

Recruitment Project

 

You are a Consultant Recruiter with XYZ Recruitment, Inc. You have been contracted by “State University” to assist them with the recruitment and selection of a Project Associate for the university. A job description for this position is attached to assist you with the development of your action plan and presentation.

For this assignment, create a PowerPoint slide presentation for the HR team of the university that details your recruitment strategy, process, procedures, and the timeline for the completion of this contract.

Your submission must be comprehensive to include the role of the recruiting agency and the role of the university HR team and line management in the recruitment and selection process.

Submission Instructions: Submit your work as a Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) presentation. The body of your presentation should include at least 10-12 presentation slides, plus a title slide, introduction slide(s) detailing the presentation agenda, and a reference(s) slide for a total of no more than 15 slides.

You must support your ideas, arguments, and opinions with independent research, and include at least three (3) supporting references or sources (Note: do not use dictionaries, encyclopedias, Wikipedia, unknown, undated, or anonymous sources, such as brief articles from websites).

Helpful Tips:

Your grade will be based upon:

  • Use of PowerPoint software as a presentation and marketing tool, to include the use of color, graphics, and research citations.
  • Depth and applicability of the research that you conduct.
  • Effectiveness of the recruiting presentation and proposal as a consulting tool.
  • Critical thought and analysis.
  • APA formatting (APA, 7th Edition).
  • Use of the PowerPoint Notes section*

*Students will be graded on their use of the Notes section of the slides in formulating the narrative portion of the presentation to minimize lengthy wording on the slides. This approach will allow the use of bullet points on the slides but demonstrate the depth and scope of the research conducted in the Notes section.

APA Resources:

I encourage you to go online to Purdue OWL, or Excelsior OWL, which have writing labs for students. Look up PowerPoint presentations in APA format in the search box. These websites will have helpful tips on best practices.

Excelsior OWL:  http://owl.excelsior.edu/posts/view/277

Purdue OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/17/

Strategic Direction

    

Identify the strategic direction of a company in the hospitality and tourism industry. It might be a company that you worked or are currently working at. It might be a company that you are interested in working for after you graduate. Or it might be a company that you are inspired by its products, service, or culture. Locate the company’ strategic direction on its website, company marketing flyer, or orientation materials. Please do not repeat the questions on your answer sheet. Instead, please list the answers numerically/sequentially by simply utilizing 1, 2, 3, and 4. 

 You need to find at least three out of the following four statements or description. 

  1. Mission Statement
     
  2. Vision statement
     
  3. V alues
     
  4. Statements or program description of social responsibility
     

travel statement

 write a Personal Travel Strategy statement that is 2 double-spaced pages (1 inch margins, 12 point font) in length; graduate students’ statements should be 4-5 pages in length.