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Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: 

How does advertising shape consumption patterns in our culture? Provide specific examples from your experience. What issues arising from advertising do you think are most problematic? Why?

  Discuss how innovation in the fourth industrial revolution is  impacting organisations and businesses in the two of your chosen areas  and explain why and what may be the solution(s).  What changes are  organisations facing and dealing with this new era. 

1. Leadership
2. Skills
3. Technology
4. Customer & Market 

Question # 1

Based on the reading for this week, identify an artifact and a value in your organization. 

Describe each one in detail.  

https://www.thercfgroup.com/files/resources/Defining-Culture-and-Organizationa-Culture_5.pdf 

http://www.businessmanagementib.com/uploads/1/1/7/5/11758934/________types_of_organisational_culture.pdf 

Question #2

https://learn.umgc.edu/d2l/le/content/484531/viewContent/18262372/View 

Based on the interview with Schein, respond to these questions:

a. How does Schein define culture in this interview?

b. When does culture matter, according to Schein?

c. Why does Schein say that “best practices” do not work?

Respond to two classmates.

You must start a thread before you can read and reply to other threads 

Responses must be 2-3 paragraphs, 200+ words

2 references required

Use references that were provided 

Michelle has told you that the board is now ready to see the final presentation of your plan for MM’s new product.

“They are very eager to see what we have been working on during the past few weeks,” she says excitedly. “I am sure they will love the plan and am looking forward to your presentation.””Thanks,” you respond, feeling a few butterflies in your stomach. “I am looking forward to the presentation also. I think we have covered all of the bases and I am sure we have a solid plan.  I have jotted down the order of items to cover that I think will be best for the presentation. What do you think?”
Objectives of plan
Marketing research used to select target market
Product
Pricing
Distribution
Promotional Strategies
Measuring results
Contingency Plan”This looks like a solid format for the presentation. Let me know if you have any questions and I will be happy to help,” Michelle says exiting your office.

You close the door of your office so you can fully concentrate on preparing your presentation. You have a lot of material to cover, but you have been working on this plan for weeks. Now it’s just a matter of formulating a cohesive strategy and anticipating any questions that may arise during the presentation.

• What might somebody else say to show your proposed solution is wrong?
• What could you say to show s/he is wrong?
• What alternative solution might someone else recommend?
• What reasons might someone provide to support their solution?
• How would you respond to their reasons?
• Is there a compromise or creative solution?

10 slide PowerPoint with 150 words of speaker notes per slide

HR CHALLENGE: OSHA ANALYSIS

Introduction

Creating a culture of workplace safety and legal compliance is a very real task for the human resource professional. Each type of work setting has some overarching safety standards. Compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is part of everyday record keeping and expenses within a business. 

You will have the opportunity to learn more about OSHA and how its work impacts modern organizations. By creating a memorandum for your leadership team, you will get practical experience communicating the legal issues, expenses, and benefits of compliance with OSHA regulations.

Scenario

Your organization is reviewing their OSHA practices and expenses to determine if they are currently effective or if they need to be revisited. Your executive memorandum will serve as background information for the ongoing discussions between organizational leadership and the human resource department.

Your Challenge

You are a human resources specialist with experience in establishing OSHA protocols and the related costs. You will write the memo of explanation to the organizational leadership team so that they can have an informed discussion about practices in your organization.

Instructions

1. Write a 2–3-page executive memorandum to organizational leadership regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its effectiveness in the workplace. Include the following: 

• Describe the mission and function of OSHA. 
  • What is OSHA intended to do? Is it working? 
• List some of the compliance objectives, or the overarching safety standards.
• Analyze the impact of OSHA in modern organizations. 
  • What does the HRM professional need to know about OSHA? 
• Analyze the cost of regulations and enforcement versus the benefit in reduced worker injury. Is the cost of regulations and enforcement worth the results? 
• Develop health- and safety-related best practices for human resources and organizational leadership. 
  • Are there different perspectives toward interpretation, monitoring, and compliance with OSHA, and do the differing perspectives enhance or hinder workplace safety? 
• Evaluate the ways in which a company can mitigate risk.

2. Your executive memorandum is to be written coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.
3. Support your assignment with citations from relevant readings, and use real-world organization examples to demonstrate the importance of the concepts and analysis you have provided.

Note: Your instructor may use the Writing Feedback Tool when grading this assignment. The Writing Feedback Tool is designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop your writing based on five core skills. You will find writing feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assignment, once your work has been evaluated. Learn more about the Writing Feedback Tool on the course Tools and Resources page. 

Submission Requirements

The deliverable for this assignment applies professional skills in Human Resources Management (HRM) to workplace situations which you will likely encounter in your day-to-day work in HRM. As part of your learning, we focus on the development of effective professional communication skills for the workplace. 

• Length of paper: Your paper should be 2–3 double-spaced pages, 11 point font, Times New Roman.
• Organization: Make sure that your assignment writing is well-organized, using headings and subheadings to organize content for the reader.
• Resources: It is suggested that you use just the resources provided for this assignment and used in this course, no outside research should be necessary.
• Evidence: Support your assertions with data and/or in-text citations. Use current APA format for in-text citations and create a reference list at the end of your documents. 
• APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting. 
• Written communication:
  • Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
  • Write for a specific audience, using the vernacular of the profession.
  • Use spell-check and other tools to ensure correct spelling and grammar.
• Recommended Headings for the Memorandum:
  • OSHA Description.
  • Compliance Objectives.
  • Risk/Opportunity (costs and benefits).
  • Specific Steps (approach).

 Discuss what measurable objectives are and their importance to project management.  

A Nice Manager Case Study

Many human resource professionals choose human resources because they want to help others. Sometimes, their helpfulness can lead to avoiding necessary discussions. This case study gives a common scenario and allows you to consider how you will engage in this scenario from a human resource perspective.

Use The Leadership Experience to read “A Nice Manager” under Leadership Development: Cases for Analysis at the end of Chapter 4, and respond to the following:

• What does nice mean to you? Do you think nice is a good trait for leaders or the kiss of death? Why?
• If Harry is passed over for a promotion, what role would you see the human resource professional has in providing feedback versus his direct manager?

Discussion #1

1. Review the  reading for this week (Can Unions Survive Technology).  Provide a response to this article based on what you have learned in this course. Be specific.

2. Initial comments to this discussion topic are due by midnight Saturday and you must substantively respond to at least TWO student’s comments in this discussion topic no later than 10pm Tuesday. See Discussion Expectations for rules on discussion requirements.

• The Ten Top Facts about Diversity in the Workplace (Center for American Progress)
• Multiculturalism and the law

Discussion #2

1. In many organizations, Employee Relations and Labor Relations are the same department. Do some research on your own organization. a. How is that set up? b. Is it good to have employee relations and labor relations in the same department? Pros and cons? Be specific. 

2. a. Who is responsible in your organization for diversity and inclusion? b. Do you think they are doing a good job? Why or why not?  

NOTE: If you are not employed in an organization, then search for how a specific company is set up regarding diversity and inclusion.

3. Initial comments to this discussion topic are due by midnight Saturday and you must substantively respond to at least TWO student’s comments in this discussion topic no later than 10pm Tuesday. See Discussion Expectations for rules on discussion requirements.

• The Ten Top Facts about Diversity in the Workplace (Center for American Progress)
• Multiculturalism and the law

 Thinking back on everything you have learned in this course, identify  the top three most important topics that anyone working in human  resources needs to know about project management. Explain your  rationale. 

Employers have been coming up with innovative employee rewards to boost morale and acknowledge employee needs for creativity and personal goal accomplishment. Some of the latest potential employee rewards include using the Internet at work for personal reasons such as shopping, communicating with friends, or personal finances; bringing a pet to work; instituting a controlled napping policy, and sports and office betting pools.  

Write an eight- to ten-page paper in which you: 

1. Determine how innovations in employee benefits can improve the overall competitive compensation strategy of the organization.
2. Explain how innovative benefits could be tied to specific jobs.
3. Critique the effectiveness of equity-based rewards systems versus those with more creative approaches.
4. Discuss the key elements of integrating innovation into a traditional total rewards program.
5. Recommend a process that optimizes an employee-based suggestion program to continually refresh the total rewards of the organization.
6. Use at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not quality as academic resources.