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A recent new hire has joined Fig Technologies. The individual is of a cultural background that is perceived as very different from the mainstream workplace environment. As a manager, how would you integrate this individual into the organizational culture and address any existing perceptions?
 

Your response must be at least 500 words in length.

Fig Technologies has acquired a network services firm that has several Native American workers. The events team in the local office is putting together the calendar of events for the next year. How do you educate, inform, and assimilate Native American culture and traditions into a self-described White Anglo-Saxon Protestant workplace environment?
 

Your response must be at least 500 words in length.

Resource: Ch. 11, p. 176 of Flawless Consulting

Block (2011) states, “The option is to involve the whole client system much more directly in redefining the problem, naming a desired future, outlined alternative actions, and deciding how to proceed. Many consultants and support people have adopted the whole-system approach and redefined their role to be one of convening people to collectively develop a change strategy“ (p. 176). Block introduces his concept of a whole-system discovery process and can be used in a workplace evaluation.

Evaluate your workplace or one that is familiar to you. Identify an organizational issue and complete a needs assessment of this workplace issue in terms of concepts learned throughout the BS/IOP program. Apply strategies for performance improvement related to the following:

• Leadership style
• Organizational culture
• Mission, vision, and values alignment
• System of management
• Decision making
• Motivational techniques
• Employee morale
• Ethics
• Communication and feedback

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation detailing your workplace evaluation, including at least 100 words of speaker notes per slide.

You must support opinions and any facts by citing credible sources in the body of the assignment and listing the references including at least two scholarly references in APA style. See Tips for Success article for Class Announcements for guidance on selecting scholarly references. 

Block, P. (2011). Flawless consulting: A guide to getting your expertise used (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

• Identify an organization or business that you like. Imagine writing an annual Human Resources Operating Plan for the year 2100 – 100 years into the future. Find the following four components in the vision of your future plan:
  • Recruiting and interviewing
  • Communication—internal and external
  • Performance review process
  • Conflict resolution
• Select only two of the four elements above and explain what they could look like in the year 2100.  Create a section heading for each to clearly present your predictions and how to address things in the future. 

Using the texas prison system, analyze the six (6) rules for evaluating needs and solutions based on fact and evidence and how they can be applied to the workplace. Choose at least two (2) tools and two (2) techniques that you feel would benefit the organization. Develop a plan that could be used to introduce and utilize the tools and techniques into the workplace.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

·  Write at least 4 pages using Microsoft Word in APA style.

·  Use font size 12 and 1” margins.

·  Include cover page and reference page.

·  Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

Instructions

• Many organizations do not have a dedicated Compensation professional. You have just been hired by MediaRite.com as the Compensation Manager. 
• You will read the attached case and use it to first analyze the job in the case, then create a full job description. 
• No template will be provided so it is up to you to research what needs to be included.
• Also refer to:
  • How to Develop a Job Description  (https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/how-to-guides/pages/developajobdescription.aspx)
  • Watch: HR Basics – Job Descriptions
  • Watch this video to discover 3 different factors of job documentation that are important for human resource professionals to be familiar with. 

   Your assignment consists of two parts: the job analysis and the job description.

• Each part should be no less than two pages
• Your full submission must be a minimum of four pages (not including the cover page).

For this assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of these  metrics by writing a short paper that addresses the  following questions:

1. What can each metric demonstrate? What is its importance to HRM and strategic decision-making?
2. What would be learned from statistics derived from this metric?
3. Where  might one find (or collect) the raw data for this metric? How would you  implement tracking this metric in an organizational dashboard/balanced  scorecard?
4. What, if any, potential difficulties might create challenges in tracking this metric?

metrics:

• HR Expense      Factor (Quantitative)
• Human Capital      ROI (Quantitative)
• Human Capital      Value Add (Quantitative)
• Revenue Factor      (Quantitative)
• Perceptions of      HRM Within the Organization (Qualitative)

 Please answer the following two discussions questions. Please use the articles attached sources to cite from and make sure its cited in APA format. For discussion two, please read the module attached to answer.

Due tomorrow at 10am EST.

Discussion One:

Discuss the relationship between the concepts of employee relations and performance management. Include in your response the following:

• The impact of employee issues on individual and organizational performance. Discuss at least one example.
• The difference between performance issues and conduct issues and how to ethically and effectively handle each situation, including terminations.
• How workplace privacy, health, and safety issues can impact employee performance and behavior. Discuss at least one example.

Be sure to provide the references for the sources of the information you used including the material provided in the classroom.

Discussion Two:  Application

Read the Module 5 Case and in-depth scenario 1. After reviewing the module material, answer the following taken from the module:

A) Is allowing some employees to work from home “unfair” to other employees who do not work from home? Why or why not? How will you handle potential conflicts between employees over this issue? 

B) Assuming some employees will be allowed to work from home, how will HSS determine which employees will be allowed to work from home? How will you manage the performance of employees who work from home?

C) Should telecommuting be allowed for software developers at HSS? Include some discussion of why it is important to have a clear policy on this issue. 

Be sure to provide the references for the sources of the information you used including the material provided in the classroom.

Articles to use as Sources:

 https://smallbusiness.chron.com/definition-workplace-privacy-15419.html 

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/managing-conflict/

 https://www.thebalancecareers.com/what-progressive-discipline-1918092 

 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “Types of Discrimination” Retrieved from http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/index.cfm  (EEOC Web site) 

 https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/small-business/avoiding-discrimination-layoffs-or-reductions-force-rif 

 https://www.thebalancecareers.com/workplace-conflict-resolution-1918675 

 https://smallbusiness.chron.com/examples-employee-relations-issues-11538.html 

This week’s assignment will allow you to generate content that you will incorporate into the Market Analysis section of your Final Project. To prepare for this assignment, read Chapter 4 of the course text and the article by Simoneaux and Stroud (2011). You may also want to review the recommended article by Valentin (2001).

During the analysis stage, you consider external factors that pose possible threats to or provide opportunities for your organization and compare these factors against your HCO’s internal operation to diagnose its strengths and weaknesses. Many HCOs have found it useful to conduct a SWOT analysis. SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Strengths and weaknesses refer to elements that are internal to the organization; opportunities and threats are external to the organization. An effective SWOT analysis helps the marketing team determine the healthcare organization’s position in a particular market place as well as the positions of its competitors. By analyzing the current market and the deficiencies of the HCO’s competitors, and by assessing the HCO’s internal strengths and weaknesses, the marketing team can reposition the organization to meet and exceed the needs of its customers. 

For this assignment, you will conduct a detailed SWOT analysis of your chosen healthcare organization for your Final Project. Discuss your selected organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats.

The SWOT analysis should include the following five components:

• Strengths – An organization’s resources and capabilities that can be used as a basis for developing a competitive advantage.
• Weaknesses – Limitations of an organization to meet the needs of its determined customer base.
• Opportunities – External conditions that may reveal certain new opportunities regarding profit and growth.
• Threats – Factors or changes in the external environment that may present threats to the organization.
• Summary/Recommendations – After conducting your SWOT analysis, write a paragraph in which you provide your recommendations to the CEO of your chosen healthcare organization. Also state how you will use this information to create a marketing plan that will ensure the following:
  • The organization’s resources are not wasted
  • Time is well spent
  • Marketing efficiently is improved

The assignment

• Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including the title page and references page) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Please respond to the following:

• How might the performance instrument for a position oriented toward routine duties differ from a managerial position? 
• ***At least 250 words with reference. 

Go to Chapter 8 in the PDF

do question 8.1