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Respond… Do you agree with them? Why or why not? Explore the points of your agreement or disagreement.

OSHAS number 1 goal is to ensure as far as possible that every working person in the nation is safe and is in healthy working conditions, the challenge is to save lives prevent injuries and illness and overall protect the health of working Americans. However, some organizations have a negative perception regarding OSHA, In the event that there is a work place injury it important to prepare frontline workers on what they can expect during an OSHA visit, First, provide employees with refresher trainings for handling hazardous tasks, review all procedure for handling an OSHA check up, assign a representative to be in charge of he walk through with the inspector and making sure that all comments are considered on the record.: 

The 2 articles titled 10 things to understand about safety and The Mock Osha Inspection, bot seem to be aligned with their interpretation, monitoring and compliance. Safety effects everyone, therefore, staying in compliance with OSHA guidelines help protect the workers and the organization. Metrics are in place to ensure organization is remaining in the parameters of OSHA guidelines, some of those measures include; Identifying what percentage of identified hazards have been closed this month, How many assigned corrective actions are coming due or are overdue at your location and What percentage of corrective actions are being completed on time. Furthermore, some basic strategies that can be done to ensure positive changes are Observation- frequent observations of employees’ safety behaviors, required safety trainings and Developing a safety Culture where employees can share their suggestions on ways to make the workplace safer, this helps to evaluate past, present and future risks, which ultimately protects workers and business operations.  

OSHA is meant to assist & teach organizations how maintain safety compliance and it is reported by “The mock OSHA inspection: Practice makes perfect” although OSHA can show up to ones organization to conduct and inspection visit at any time, most likely if they do show up its due to a complaint, a serious physical injury and or death. Therefore, if safety officials in organizations work to ensure that their organizations are prepared for a possible OSHA inspection then that would ultimately enhance their workplace safety, for example, conducting mock inspections, “thinking like an inspector” making checklist on what places you will inspect, ensuring that all employees know their rights when it comes to OSHA inspectors, for example, making sure to confirm that the inspector is truly who they say they are, making them aware that they should have a representative present with them during an Osha inspection et, this will all help to prepare the organization for an OSHA visit at any given time. Furthermore, it is important for employees to understand what Safety professionals do, such as identifying risks, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, creating solutions and implementing systems, safety requires constant communication and trainings surrounding workplace safety, OSHAS role is important, when employees are able to understand the benefits of such regulations they will have a better and more positive perspective of OSHA. Employees truly need to understand that  OSHA is legally obligated to assist small businesses in complying with regulations and recommendations, OSHA offers free consultations and training to help small businesses recognize and correct workplace dangers before receiving violation citations (Norman2016) OSHA is dedicated to improving workplace safety since its inception in 1971 it has decreased workplace fatalities by 50% and occupational illness and injury has decreased by 40%. (Norman 2016). It is important to make sure your business is taking full advantage of all the help available to ensure a safe workplace and healthy workers, working with OSHA not only avoids violations and fines, it saves your business a number of costs in the long run.  

Option #1: PMO Methods & Tools Essay 

For the assignment Option #1, write an essay to address the Module 2 Common Assignment Requirements.

Submit your Module 2 Critical Thinking assignment as a single Microsoft Word document to the submissions area established for this purpose.

Your essay should address the following requirements:

• Your well-written PMO recommendation essay thesis should be 5 pages in length, which does not include the title, reference, or appendix pages. You need to add headings and subheadings associated with each of the bullet points listed in the common assignment requirements.
• Format your paper per the CSU Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.) standards, which includes an introduction and conclusion.
• Include title and reference pages.
• In addition to your course textbook and the assignment case study, cite at least four current (published within the past 5 years) scholarly resources (peer-reviewed, official governmental reports, and other scholarly sources) to support your suppositions, assertions, and conclusions. To enhance your learning experience, scholarly resources are available from the CSU Global library.
• Include an appendix for tables and figures as appropriate.

Please write clearly, concisely, and cohesively; use section level headers to organize the key elements of your thesis.

Consult the assignment template (Links to an external site.) for a more complete list of requirements. If you need assistance with your writing style or you need writing tips or tutorials, visit the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

After reviewing the resources in the module Reading and Resources area, describe any four characteristics of adult learners and discuss how HR trends in corporate learning are responding to learners needs.

For your initial post, do the following:

 Write a post of 1 to 2 paragraphs.

v Include at least one citation and reference in your initial post 

Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

(Classmates post are attached).

The Wentworth Corporation is a mid-sized manufacturing company located in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. In business for ten (10) years, it has become one of the area’s largest producers of Widgets. James Henderson and three (3) associates founded the company, which has slowly grown to employ 500 employees, primarily production workers, in its three (3) existing facilities. Henderson is the President and CEO of the corporation, and Mike Johnson is the newly appointed Manager of Human Resources. Wentworth has not employed a full-time HR manager in the past.

Henderson is currently in the final stages of securing a major new account. If awarded to Wentworth, it would be a major accomplishment for the firm. However, the additional business would require setting up a new production facility in the state of Wisconsin and hiring 275 additional employees. Mike Johnson has had little experience in creating large staffing initiatives, and both he and Henderson are unsure how to proceed.

Henderson and Johnson turn to HR Strategies, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in the functional areas of human resources. As a senior-level consultant in the staffing and recruitment division, you have been asked to head up the team designed to assist Wentworth in the development of a staffing initiative for the new facility. Your Stand-Alone Project responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the project 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 response and document them in a bibliography using APA style. (A 20-page, double-spaced, response is required.)

Part A: Wentworth Questions (30 points)

A meeting has been set for Henderson, Johnson, and you to outline the scope of the project. You have informed Wentworth that you wish to review their mission and vision statements, as well as their operating strategies. At the meeting, the Wentworth executives ask you to respond to the following questions in writing.

a. Why do you need information about their mission statement?

b. What do the company’s goals and objectives have to do with their immediate staffing issues?

Part B: Planning (30 points)

You have successfully responded to Wentworth’s questions, and they have supplied you with all of the information you need to evaluate their mission, goals, and objectives. You must now initiate the planning phase of the project. This phase involves forecasting the company’s future employment needs at the new facility and developing action plans to fulfill those needs. For the planning phase of the project, you will need to respond to the following questions.

a. To what degree will external influences, such as economic conditions, labor markets, and labor unions impact the staffing project?

b. Should Wentworth use a plan-based human resource plan (HRP)? If so, why?

c. Explain some of the approaches Wentworth could use when developing staffing models.

d. Discuss the techniques Wentworth could use to forecast the availability of talent needed for the new facility.

Part C: Job Analysis (40 points)

Having completed the planning phase of the project, you now begin the Job Analysis to determine the specific types of personnel needed for the new facility. In order to successfully complete this phase of the project, you must address the following questions.

a. Discuss the different methods that can be used to conduct a job analysis.

b. Discuss at least 3 (three) specific ways to collect data on tasks, KSAOs, and job context.

Part D: Recruitment Process (40 points)

As the consultant for the Wentworth project, you have now completed your job analysis and know the types of jobs required to staff the Wisconsin manufacturing plant. The next step is to determine whether to use an internal or an external recruitment process to identify and attract job applicants to the new plant. In either case, there will be organizational, administrative, and strategic decisions to be made. As you begin the recruitment phase of the project, you must respond to the following questions.

a. Should Wentworth use an external or an internal recruitment initiative? Why?

b. Based on your answer to the first question, describe the following.

a. Describe the major organizational and administrative decisions to be made including recruitment efforts, requisitions, contact development, budget, and developing a recruitment guide.

b. Describe the strategic policy to be followed to implement the initiative; include the concept of targeted strategy, possible targeted sources, and your opinion on the best solution for implementation.

c. Describe the communication methods to be used in attracting applicants to these jobs; include the message choice and medium in your discussion.

Part E: Selection Plan (40 points)

As we enter the final stages of this project, we have the results of our recruitment efforts and must now help Wentworth make the final hiring decisions for the new facility. The selection process involves the use of various assessment methods to evaluate the quality of our applicant pool. Consider and respond to the following questions.

a. Discuss a selection plan for making the final hiring decisions to include the progression of an applicant to a candidate, to finalist, to job offer?

b. Discuss initial applicant data collection (biodata inventories), reference checks, the initial interview, and testing for Wentworth.

c. Discuss three (3) methods of final choice to be used in making the final hiring decisions and indicate the method you would use and why. Discuss who the decision makers should be within the Wentworth organization.

One key criticism of global civil society is that it is not representative. What do critics mean when they suggest this? Do you agree or disagree with this claim? Why?

Everyone has encountered this infamous placeholder on the job description: “other duties as assigned.” What are the implications of this explicit language on performance outcomes? Are there dangers or risks of including subjective language that may or may not be measurable? Are there times that the inclusion of the language might be a matter of life safety?

1. Debate:

For this activity, you will debate the terminology, the intended purpose, and the possible actions required when including “other duties as assigned” as part of the job description. Approach the concept from both the positive use and the negative use of this phrase.

2. Defend:

Consider the possible supportive reasoning for including the terminology on the job description. Include one resource to defend the use of the statement.

3. Dispute:

Consider the possible negative reasoning or dangers of including the terminology on the job description. Include one resource to dispute the use of the statement.

4. Judgement:

Provide a personal decision on the use of the statement, and support your decision with one example that strengthens your decision.

Provide a personal decision on the use of the statement, and support your decision with one example that strengthens your decision. 4 paragraphs to answer the 4 sections.

leadership theory explanation 

Select and visit three MNCs company websites of your choice (example of McDonald’s ), and review their approach to employer branding.  Conduct research to gather information to address the following questions:

Of the three, identify one that is exemplary (i.e., makes you want to apply) and one that requires improvement (i.e., makes you question whether you would want to work there).  What were your reasons for making these choices?

How does your research of these websites relate to the YouTube video?

How have these companies incorporated social media to support their branding?

Select and visit two new MNCs company websites of your choice (different from those listed above) and review their approach to online recruiting.  Conduct research to gather information to address the following questions:

What best practises are being used? 

What is being done (if anything) to recruit a more diverse workforce?

Select and visit two additional websites that would be classified as internet job boards, executive search firms, or online networking sites.  Conduct research to gather information to address the following questions:

What type of external recruitment method is being used on these websites?  What is the reason for your classification? 

What is the usefulness of this type of website to potential candidates?

You are to gather the information and write a formal business report containing a site-by-site summary of the trip.  The itinerary will identify the sites visited and topics covered. 

Your report must be concise (6 pages double spaced in 12-point font, excluding cover page and references pages).

It must be well-written, but in lay terms so that anyone can fully understand your reasoning, include text citation, introduction that clearly outlines the purpose and flow of the essay, and a strong conclusion.

You must also provide a properly cited reference page at the end of the document (including all websites visited). 

Textbook chapter  4 pages summary and please follow the instructions 

“The neoliberal understanding of human abilities as sources of potential income redefines child-rearing by treating a broader range of activities of care and cultivation, and not only educational and professional training, as potential ‘investments’ in the human capital of children.”

Susan Koshy argues that, under neoliberalism, parents understand that raising their children is about making investments in human capital. Have you experienced this in your own life? In what ways have your parents treated you like an investment? In what way have they treated you otherwise? How do you know the difference?