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For this Portfolio Milestone, perform the following:

• provide a two-page submission in Module 2 noting your selected option for the Portfolio Project found in Module 8,
• a timeline of activities over the remaining weeks for portfolio production,
• concerns and roadblocks you have on the portfolio, and
• how you will overcome those. No need for formal APA submission for this assignment.

Your timeline of activities is most critical as are your concerns, roadblocks, and how you will overcome those. It is expected that your timeline shows at least one task each week from Week 2 through Week 8, and many weeks should have multiple tasks. Every effort should be made to thoroughly examine your portfolio options, and to complete this milestone in Week 2 to give you enough time to complete the work. Once your work on this milestone is graded, you may not change portfolio options and should move forward with your Week 2 selection.

Option from module 8 info : Option #1: Develop Applications Relative to Course Objectives

As part of successfully completing this course, you should be able to master the eight course objectives:

1. Demonstrate the need for project management metrics.
2. Establish the importance of metrics in effective management of time, cost, and scope.
3. Apply the knowledge of project metrics to identify the key characteristics of properly defined metrics.
4. Characterize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as used in metric-driven project management.
5. Apply value-based project management metrics as important in selecting the right metrics.
6. Explore project performance dashboards including designs, use, and limitations.
7. Explore the applications of visual project management tools, including project performance dashboards.
8. Create proper performance indicators for application in measurement-driven project management.

In this portfolio project, you are to show your mastery of the eight course objectives at a master’s level. You are to write a paper that covers each of the eight topics.

Notice that each objective is written with a verb as the first word to show some action that students must achieve for success in this class. Verbs like “demonstrate,” “apply,” and “create” require that the student takes some action on a project to satisfy the requirement. You should find a project to use in this portfolio where you may take those actions and document them in your paper. You might apply earned value analysis on a project underway to satisfy course objective number 5, for example.

Verbs like “establish,” “characterize,” and “explore” require that the student shows mastery of current thinking on the subject. This part of your paper may be taken from research, or interviews. You might explore an application of dashboards by interviewing a project manager and performing research on current thinking about dashboards, for example.

1-2 pg 

Provide a brief description of the roles and responsibilities of health services administrators. Devote a paragraph or two to your ideal position within the health care system; where do you see yourself in 5 to 10 years?

Your assignment should be no less than 2 double-spaced pages using 12 font, Times New Roman.

Unit I Case Study

Instructions

Please read the case DCS Sanitation Management v. Eloy Castillo (and supporting notes), linked in the reference below: 

DCS Sanitation Management v. Castillo, 435 F.3d 892, (8th Cir. 2006). Retrieved from https://advance-lexis-com.libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/api/permalink/0662e8d7-58b8-4877-a028-3ae9a3249480/?context=1516831

Once you have read and reviewed the case scenario, respond to the following questions: 

1. Discuss the legal implications for employers and employees for requiring employees to sign noncompete agreements. What factors did the court consider in making its decision? Compare and contrast Ohio and Nebraska’s positions on noncompete clauses. 
2. Which state’s laws support ethical reasoning in the resolution of this case? 

Your response should be a minimum of two pages in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA style citations.

Unit II Journal

Instructions

Read the Case Problem, Cianbro Corporation in Chapter 5, p. 113, #10. Discuss whether a temporary restraining order should be granted. Do you agree with the union’s objections? What is the rationale for your decision?  Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

During August to October 2002, Cianbro Corporation applied to the United States Department of Labor and the Maine Department of Labor for H-2B temporary labor certifications for as many as 120 foreign workers to be employed as structural and pipe welders on two giant oil rigs known as the Amethyst 4 and 5 that were under construction in the harbor of Portland, Maine. To make their determinations, the DOL and the Maine DOL were required to calculate prevailing wages and working conditions for the jobs for which Cianbro sought temporary labor certifica- tions pursuant to a DOL regulation, 20 C.F.R. § 656.40. Federal regulations (8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(6) (iii)(A)) provided that before filing a petition with the INS (now USCIS) director in whose jurisdiction a petitioning employer intends to employ an H-2B nonagricultural temporary worker, the employer must apply for a temporary labor certification with the Secretary of Labor. The Secretary of Labor’s temporary labor certification provided advice to the INS director on “whether or not United States workers capable of performing the temporary services or labor are available and whether the alien’s employment will adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed United States workers.” Many qualified and available U.S. workers applied for positions with Cianbro as structural and pipe welders during the period when the DOL was supposed to be reevaluating the matter after receipt of the relevant union’s letter, opposing the company’s application; however, none was offered employment by Cianbro. Meanwhile the federal and state agencies proposed to issue more than 50 H-2B visas. On March 21, 2003 the relevant unions filed an application for a temporary restraining order. Should the court grant this TRO, blocking the issuance of the H-2B visas, pending resolution of the unions’ objections? What policy considerations should the judge take into account on both sides of the controversy when making this decision? [See Maine State Building and Construction Council v. Chao, 265 F. Supp.2d 105 (D. Maine 2003).]

Unit II Essay -link to book is below  

use Chapter 3, 4, and 5 ensure you reference this book and another. 

Employment and Labor Law, 9th Edition

Patrick J. Cihon; James Ottavio Castagnera

Instructions

Choose one of the common workplace torts discussed in the chapter readings for this unit (except genetic testing). Prepare a specific policy for the employer that balances the employer and employees’ rights. Give the rationale and support for your policy. 

This assignment should be a minimum of one page in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations per APA guidelines.

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Review and reflect on what you learned in the past 8 weeks. What is the most practical and easily applied lesson you learned? What was the hardest to grasp? Why?Why or why not?  

Provide a brief overview of the lessons over the past eight weeks.  Nothing was too hard to grasp, the material was straight forward and informative. 

 Create a PowerPoint presentation to train new supervisors on how to conduct performance evaluations. Whether you use an annual evaluation, real-time feedback, or quarterly evaluations, it is important that new supervisors understand: • the rationale for a performance evaluation in general, • the rationale for the specific one in use, • the instrument used, and • the process for the evaluation.  

You are responsible for training new managers on key employment policies and practices. For this assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation that includes information on the following topics:

• protected classes under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how the Act applies to staffing decisions;
• employer conduct that violates anti-discrimination laws;
• the importance of the Civil Rights Act in eliminating racial discrimination in the workplace;
• the role of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in workplace discrimination regulations; and
• documentation needed to defend retaliation claims.

You must use at least three sources, one of which may be your textbook. Consider the value of using actual case decisions to exemplify the regulation for your managers. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.

Your presentation should be eight to 10 slides, not including the title and reference slides. You are encouraged to use the slide notes function to explain slide contents as necessary or to add additional talking points you would want to discuss in your training.

Specifically address the way someone with a Virtue Ethical view would approach this issue by explaining and evaluating that approach

• Discuss at least two reasons why job analysis is often described as the foundation of human resources management.
• Provide specific examples to support your rationale