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• What are some strategies you can use, as a health care manager, to overcome human resources challenges? 
• What current or future challenges do you believe you will have to overcome? 
• 175 words minimum, 200 max. 

Assignment: Explain Approaches for Onboarding ang Contingent Workers

This week, you will prepare a podcast.

Assume your proposal to present an audio podcast session was accepted for a management podcast titled Heads-up 21st Century Supervisor. Your proposal is to present a podcast on hiring and engaging contingent workers. Review this week’s academic information and any additional sources you select before recording an audio podcast. Your podcast should address best practices for onboarding and engaging contingent workers. Along with your podcast, including a transcript of the podcast. If you are new to podcasting, the information below might be helpful to you.

• . Remember, a podcast is a digital media file and may include some audio files, which is what you will create.
• Write out your script for the podcast to both time it and to ensure you have included the required content.
• Begin your podcast by providing relevant information and establishing a clear purpose that engages the listener.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the topic using relevant, quality details that go beyond the obvious.
• Focus on your topic.
• Be sure to include details from your experience on the topic, along with your researched information.
• Make sure there is a brief conclusion that ties together the information in the podcast.

You may use any software you like to record your podcast. Instructions for using Audacity are included in this week’s resources.

Podcasts are evaluated based on the following:

1. How well the introduction sets the scene.
2. Clarity, accuracy, and relevance of content.
3. Whether the conclusion provided a clear summary of the main points.
4. The structure and flow of the podcast.
5. Technical sound quality (volume and clarity).
6. Creativity is also considered.

Support your podcast with at least three scholarly or professional resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 15 – 20 minutes. Be sure to submit a reference page including a link to your podcast.

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.

Please complete the following work from the chapters listed below in your textbook. Show detailed work in your submittal and create this in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Project (Time New Roman or Arial, font 11 or 12) document(s) as required; draw any diagrams and/or cut-and-paste screen captures into ONE Microsoft Word document by the due date listed in the Course Schedule (read the Course Syllabus regarding Late Submittals; penalties apply).

Use your textbook, lecture notes, Powerpoints and chat discussions from the appropriate Unit/Chapter to complete this assignment:

Chapter 5

Discussion Questions (DQ)

1. Create a Work Breakdown Structure for a term paper project or another school-related project you are working on.  What are the steps in the WBS?  Can you identify any sub-steps for each step?

Internet Exercise 

2. Access https://www.mtholyoke.edu/sites/default/files/datawarehouse/docs/dwprojectprocessanddocumentation.pdf . Analyzing the comprehensive Scope Statement for the data warehousing project, what problem is this project seeking to address? what is the proposed solutions?

MS Project Exercise (Project Outline – Remodeling an Appliance) 

3. Using the information provided below, construct a simple WBS table for the project example.

                      Project Outline— Remodeling an Appliance

I Research Phase

II Design and Engineering Phase

III Testing Phase

IV Manufacturing Phase

V Sales Phase

I Research Phase

A. Prepare product development proposal

1. Conduct competitive analysis

2. Review field sales reports

3. Conduct technological capabilities assessment

B. Develop focus group data

C. Conduct telephone surveys

D. Identify relevant specification improvements

II Design and Engineering Phase

A. Interface with marketing staff

B. and so on

III Testing Phase

IV Manufacturing Phase

                      V Sales Phase

Case Study 3: Stepping Forward in Stakeholder Satisfaction

Due Week 9 and worth 200 points

Read the “Zappos: Stepping Forward in Stakeholder Satisfaction” case, located on page 475 of the textbook.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the manner in which Zappos’ leadership has fostered a culture of ethicalness in the company. Suggest two (2) actions that other companies can take in order to mimic this culture.
2. Determine the major impacts that Zappos’ leadership and ethical practices philosophy have had on its stakeholders.
3. Examine three (3) of the ethical challenges that Zappos faces. Recommend three (3) actions that Zappos’ leadership should take in order to address these ethical challenges.
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of the core values in relation to developing a culture of ethicalness.  Determine the manner in which the core values support the stakeholder’s perspective.
5. Analyze the major ethical challenges that Zappos has faced. Determine whether or not you would have resolved these challenges differently than Zappos’ management. Provide a rationale for your response.
6. Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine ethical issues and dilemmas in business.
• Analyze scenarios to determine the ethical character of decisions made and the related impact on the organization.
• Examine the significant issues of an ethical controversy in business to moral philosophy and values.
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in ethics and advocacy for HR professionals using correct grammar and mechanics.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics and advocacy for HR professionals.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Workers performing similar work are paid more in some industries than others. Explain why this is so.

Be sure to include examples and support your post with specific references to your text (Chapter 2) or independent research you’ve conducted.

The American Psychological Association, the American Counseling Association, and the American Sociological Association are just a few of the professional associations which support ethical standards for research which go beyond the broad principles of beneficence, fidelity, integrity, justice, and respect for people’s rights (see pp 50-51 in Cozby and Bates, 2018).   You can access the standards for several other organizations in this module.   Be sure to review the specific standards for research for at least two organizations on the list.  

  All of the organizations mentioned above provide very specific guidance about a variety of ethical issues, including plagiarism, fraud, and misconduct.  In this forum, you will consider how plagiarism and/or fraud and misconduct in researchmight affect the search for a COVID-19 vaccine or treatment.  For example, what if a researcher excluded unfavorable results in a vaccine trial to make it appear as if the vaccine was more effective than it really was?  What if a researcher plagiarized another researcher’s work on COVID-19? 

   Remember to use only objective, neutral (scientific) language. 

Be sure to review all assigned readings for this module before you post. 

DISCUSSION QUESTION 5-2

MH681 Health Care Human Resources Management

Lesson 5: Labor Relations

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question. Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information. Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

Discussion Question 2 (50 points)

Watch the following You Tube videos.

· http://www.aflcio.org/Multimedia/Videos/Unions-Are-the-Last-Line-of-Defense-Against-Corporate-Greed

· http://www.aflcio.org/Multimedia/Videos/Workers-Can-Only-Find-Power-in-Numbers

· http://www.aflcio.org/Multimedia/Videos/Workers-are-the-Backbone-to-the-World-s-Economy

Write a two-page paper in which you take a pro-union or anti-union stance. Answer the following questions: Do you believe unions have a place in today’s workplace? Do you believe unions are the last line of defense against corporate greed? Do you believe that workers can only find power in numbers? Cite examples to support your opinion. (A 2-page response is required.)

Write a paper describing the provisions of the following major labor laws as well as their impact on organizations and the union–management relationship:

• Railway Labor Act
• Norris-LaGuardia Act
• Wagner Act
• Taft-Hartley Act
• Landrum-Griffin Act

Your paper should be 4–5 pages in length with proper APA formatting.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

• Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital letters.
• Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced between paragraphs. The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 4–5 pages. In-text academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
• Reference page: References that align with your in-text academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lower-case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.

Discuss three nonverbal differences you might encounter if you are transferred to manage a company in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Discuss the importance of understanding cultural differences when negotiating with people in another country. 

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Explain how people from different countries who speak the same language may still miscommunicate. 

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Explain some of the differences in information systems in other countries and the effect those differences have on business relationships. 

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

• Create a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation to explain a selected company’s transportation and warehousing strategy to potential investors and lenders. 

Supply chain managers coordinate all of the activities in the supply chain process into a seamless network. The transportation function of the supply chain focuses on the movement and delivery of goods and services in the supply chain network from suppliers to manufacturers to the ultimate consumers. Decisions must be made as to which mode of transportation is used to move products along with the type of warehousing systems that will be used. Many companies are choosing to outsource their supply chain to companies such as UPS.

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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Design a supply chain to support an organizational strategy. o Describe the overall transportation objectives of a selected company.o Evaluate the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers.o Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses.o Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.• Competency 2: Improve efficiency in the supply chain. o Describe how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.• Competency 3: Manage a supply chain in order to satisfy customers. o Recommend improvements for an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.• Competency 4: Communicate in a professional manner that is consistent with the expectations for supply chain managers and participants. o Exhibit proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources.• Questions to Consider 

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

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• For the following questions, refer to Terdiman’s article, “UPS and the Art of Sorting a Million Packages a Day,” linked in the Resources. o What are the advantages and disadvantages of their central cross dock Worldport facility in Louisville, Kentucky?o What is the impact that cross docking has on inventory costs, material handling costs, transportation costs, and customer satisfaction?• For this assessment, consider that you work for a company that develops and sells case studies and case study analyses. Your company’s primary customers are colleges and universities wanting to use them within their courses, but your company also has customers using them for management training and development. Your manager asked you to conduct research and develop a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to explain your selected company’s transportation and warehousing strategy to potential investors and lenders. She’s specifically interested in you creating the presentation associated with one of a small set of possibilities she provided to you. You may use the same company you selected in Assessment 3 or select a different company from this list:• L. L. Bean.• Amazon.com.• Starbucks.• Intel.• Johnson and Johnson.

Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to explain your selected company’s transportation and warehousing strategy to potential investors and lenders.

You and your manager discussed the high level outline of your presentation and agreed you should address the following items. As the basis for your research you can use any of the resources noted in this course, in the Capella library, and on the Internet.

• Slide 1: List the presentation title, the selected company name, the date, and your name.• Slide 2: Analyze and describe the overall transportation objectives of the selected company.• Slide 3: Describe and evaluate the modes of transportation that the company uses to move products from factory to customers, and recommend improvements to the modes of transportation.• Slide 4: Identify the locations of the factories and warehouses.• Slides 5–6: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for the organization’s factories and warehouses, and recommend strategies to mitigate the disadvantages.• Slide 7: Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact their transportation and warehousing network.• Slide 8: Analyze and describe how technology is used for managing the organization’s transportation and warehousing network.• Slide 9: Recommend improvements for the organization’s transportation and warehousing network, and support those recommendations with examples and research.• Slide 10: List at least three references.

You may use additional slides, if necessary. Provide your information as a bulleted list on the slides and insert explanations where applicable. Use the notes section in MS PowerPoint to add additional information and clarity to your presentation.

SCM Case Analysis: Transportation and Warehousing Scoring Guide

SCM Case Analysis: Transportation and Warehousing Scoring Guide 

Criteria 

Non-performance 

Basic 

Proficient 

Distinguished 

Describe the overall transportation objectives of a selected company.

Does not identify the overall transportation objectives of a selected company.

Lists transportation objectives of a selected company, but does not describe their significance.

Describes the overall transportation objectives of a selected company.

Analyzes the overall transportation objectives of a selected company. 

Evaluate the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers.

Does not analyze the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers.

Lists modes of transportation used by an organization to move products from factory to customers, but does not describe their significance.

Evaluates the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers.

Evaluates the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers, and recommends improvements to the modes of transportation. 

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses.

Does not analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses.

Lists advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses, but does not describe their significance.

Evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses.

Evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses, and recommends strategies to mitigate the disadvantages. 

Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Does not describe the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Identifies economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network, but does not describe their significance.

Analyzes the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Analyzes the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network, and relates the factors to improvement recommendations. 

Describe how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Does not identify how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Identifies how technology can be used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network, but the relationship or significance is unclear.

Describes how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Analyzes how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network. 

Recommend improvements for an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Does not evaluate an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Explains strengths and weaknesses of an organization’s transportation and warehousing network, but does not explain their significance or impact.

Recommends improvements for an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Recommends improvements for an organization’s transportation and warehousing network; supports recommendations with examples and research. 

Exhibit proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources.

Does not exhibit proficiency in writing and critical thinking; does not appropriately attribute source.

Exhibits inconsistent proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and appropriately attributing