Visit the WHO website http://www.who.int/en/ and search for information on global and world health. Select and discuss the following concepts:

1) Social justice (disparities, availability of services, cost) *Who has found solutions? Are there any solutions?

2) Achieving the goal of health (efforts of agencies, governments, civic/social organizations) *Who should be responsible?

  

HR managers who pass certification exams in human resource management are knowledgeable in all of the following aspects except __________.

Question options:

  

strategic management

 

information technology

 

employee and labor relations

 

occupational health and safety

 

Question 2

5 / 5 points

       

No manager wants to __________.

Question options:

  

have his or her employees not   performing at peak capacity

 

hire the wrong person for the job

 

find employees not doing their   best

 

all of the above

 

Question 3

5 / 5 points

       

A(n) __________ examines current organizational practices for potential action violations.

Question options:

  

EEO representative

 

training specialist

 

job analyst

 

compensation manager

 

Question 4

5 / 5 points

       

A __________ is a system that enables employees to manage their own benefits and update their personal information.

Question options:

  

company portal

 

cybernetic portal

 

formulation system

 

software-based system

 

Question 5

5 / 5 points

       

Strategic human resource management refers to __________.

Question options:

  

formulating and executing human   resource policies and practices that produce the employee competencies and   behaviors the company needs to its achieve strategic aims

 

planning the balance of internal   strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats to maintain   competitive advantage

 

emphasizing the knowledge,   education, training, skills, and expertise of a firm’s workers

 

extending a firm’s sales,   ownership, and manufacturing to new markets

 

Question 6

5 / 5 points

       

The __________ HR group focuses on being HR business partners to specific departments.

Question options:

  

embedded

 

corporate

 

centers of expertise

 

transactional

 

Question 7

5 / 5 points

       

Which term refers to letting vendors abroad provide services for a firm?

Question options:

  

external work systems

 

application service providers

 

offshoring

 

data warehousing

 

Question 8

5 / 5 points

       

Which of the following is an issue that HR managers have to deal with today?

Question options:

  

managing ethics

 

managing employee engagement

 

adding value

 

all of the above

 

Question 9

5 / 5 points

       

Of the 10 most serious ethical issues, how many were HR related?

Question options:

  

six

 

10

 

seven

 

four

 

Question 10

5 / 5 points

       

__________ maintain contact within the community and publicize openings.

Question options:

  

Job analysts

 

EEO representatives

 

Recruiters

 

Compensation managers

 

Question 11

5 / 5 points

       

In today’s business environment, __________ are often the firm’s main source of competitive advantage.

Question options:

  

machines

 

highly trained and committed   employees

 

superior organizations

 

superior ad campaigns

 

Question 12

5 / 5 points

       

Which of the following demographic issues represents a challenge for human resource managers?

Question options:

  

an increasingly diverse workforce

 

an aging workforce

 

an increasing use of contingent   workers

 

both A and B

 

Question 13

5 / 5 points

       

Which organization provides professional certification for human resource managers?

Question options:

  

Academy of Management

 

Society for Human Resource   Management

 

Academy of HR Partners

 

Association of Business   Administration

 

Question 14

5 / 5 points

       

Which of the following is an example of HR management’s changing role?

Question options:

  

HR managers must measurably   improve organizational performance.

 

HR managers must represent the   organization even when they are off the clock.

 

HR managers must be individually   centered so as to ensure that there will be no favoritism.

 

None of the above.

 

Question 15

5 / 5 points

       

All of the following are new HRM skills except __________.

Question options:

  

improving off-shoring skills

 

supplying transactional services   while serving more strategic, internal consulting activities

 

improving internal consulting   skills

 

all of the above

 

Question 16

5 / 5 points

       

Over the next few years, employers may face a severe labor shortage because __________.

Question options:

  

there are fewer people entering   the job market than there are retiring baby boomers

 

one-third of single mothers are   not in the labor force

 

people are living longer

 

all of the above

 

Question 17

5 / 5 points

       

Which of the following job titles indicates a position in human resources?

Question options:

  

recruiter

 

training specialist

 

EEO coordinator

 

all of the above

 

Question 18

5 / 5 points

       

The __________ HR group may provide specialized support for organizational change.

Question options:

  

transactional

 

corporate

 

embedded

 

centers of expertise

 

Question 19

5 / 5 points

       

Which strategic management tool provides a departmental performance overview indicating how the department helps achieve the firm’s strategic plan?

Question options:

  

an HR score card

 

a strategy map

 

a department performance report

 

a digital dashboard

 

Question 20

5 / 5 points

       

The ________ HR group works with the top management team to develop long range plans for the company.

Question options:

  

transactional

 

embedded

 

centers of expertise

 

corporate

Discussion 1

 “People in this organization don’t talk to one another anymore. Everything is e-mail, e-mail, e-mail. If you are mad at someone, you can just say it and then hide behind your computer.” With these words, Joe expressed his frustrations with Delta General’s operations. Charley echoed his concerns, responding, “I agree, but surely the managing director should be able to improve organizational communication without losing the advantages of e-mail.” As a consultant overhearing this conversation, how do you suggest the managing director respond to Charley’s challenge? 

Discussion 2

 Describe some of the side effects of organizational controls in a large mechanistically structured organization, such as the United States Postal Service. Identify at least one other large mechanistically structured organization that could have the same problems. Use and cite the course textbook in your initial post. 

Assignment Week 5

 

Final Paper

The purpose of the final paper is to maximize the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field of Organizational Behavior. The final paper should also focus on real life, real time application of topics covered in this course; the uses you have seen and the uses you can envision. Devote your attention to situations you have experienced and situations you would have approached differently if given the chance to make adjustments.

Focus of the Final Paper

Select a topic of interest in organizational behavior that you would like to explore with additional research (must use at least five references). Some suggested topics for your paper are:

• Personality
• Organizational Culture
• Stress
• Attitudes
• Motivation
• Attribution
• Performance Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Team building
• Leadership
• Decision Making Process 
• Communication
• Organizational Goals

In your paper,

• Apply the research to your personal working environment, or an environment you have previously experienced.
• Describe how will you use the knowledge you have gained in this course to change the way you interact and do business in the future?

The Final Paper

• Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including Appendix, References, Exhibits, title and references pages), and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper in bold font
    • Space should be between title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • Student’s name
  • Name of institution (Ashford University)
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Due date
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least five scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

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DISCUSSION 1

Compensation Strategy

Select an organization with which you are familiar and describe the type of compensation strategy it uses. 

Guided Response:

Be sure your response is between 200-300 words and includes at least two scholarly references, one of which should be our course text.  Respond to at least two classmates’ posts.

DISCUSSION 2

Overview of Compensation & Benefits

Compare and contrast compensation and benefits strategy of the “people department” of Southwest Airlines to overall strategies of two other airlines.  What distinguishes each approach from the others?  What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?

When most people think about identifying a crisis or disaster, the first ones that come to mind are usually natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, or draughts. Others may first think of wars, terrorism, or genocide. As counselor educators, you should be aware of all types of crisis that may occur, including business crises such as those that involve the global outsourcing of jobs or de-centralization of business functions. Political, personal, financial, or technological crises also are important categories to consider. For this Discussion, however, the focus is on the first types of crises mentioned—natural disasters and terrorist events.

Regardless of the type of crisis/disaster, the duration and intensity—or scope—of a crisis directs how your organization, community, or region will be impacted and the extent of the disaster response. The scope of a disaster also dictates whether an area is declared a disaster area by a nation’s leaders, whether assistance from outside your area will be needed, and the length of time necessary for disaster recovery efforts.

Another area counselor educators should investigate relates to the demographics of the crisis/disaster population. Knowing this information will inform you and first responders of cultural considerations involved. The U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts provides age, gender, ethnicity, home ownership, language, median income, and education level for your state, county, and city. This demographic data may be explored online.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review Chapter 2 in your course text, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape, focusing on the types of crisis trends presented.
• Review the article, “Crisis in Context Theory: An Ecological Model,” and consider the proposed model for understanding the impact of crises.
• Review the articles, “Latina Mothers’ Perceptions of Mental Health and Mental Health Promotion” and “Risk of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Survivors of the Floods in Bahir, India” to help you understand multicultural considerations related to crisis responding.
• Review the articles, “Disaster Response: Mental Health Effects among WTC Rescue and Recovery Workers” and “Rescuing the Rescuers: First Responders at Risk,” for examples of health provider responses.
• Review Chapter 3 of the video, The Soldier’s Heart, and consider the impact of combat on those in the military.
• Review the articles, “The Hierarchy of Needs and Care Planning in Addiction Services: What Maslow Can Tell Us about Addressing Competing Priorities?” and “Basic Need Status and Health-Promoting Self-Care Behavior in Adults.” Think about how basic need satisfaction is correlated to health-promoting, self-care behavior and how this relates to crisis management and response.
• Choose a natural disaster or terrorist activity that would affect your community to use for this assignment. Think about the ways in which it would affect your community. Please choose an event other than Hurricane Katrina.
• Review demographics online at the U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts website to determine the characteristics of those who might be affected by this particular event. If you live outside the U.S., research your location.
• You should obtain data such as age, gender, ethnicity, home ownership, language, median income, and education level for your state, county, and city.

As a human resource manager, how would you deal constructively with complaints and anger from fellow employees, management, and customers within an organization? Are these methods effective to resolve the issues? Explain and discuss.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Traditionally, the activities of labor unions have supported the development of gains for the American worker. As labor unions negotiate with management, those gains set a standard for other non-union organizations. The U.S. has enacted a number of laws that protect workers such as the Civil Rights Act, Equal Pay Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. In this assignment, you will explore some of the major US labor laws.

Prepare an 800 word paper that addresses following:

• What is a yellow dog contract as described in the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932?
• What was the purpose of the Wagner act of 1935?
• Compared to the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 and the Wagner Act of 1935, what impact did the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 have on labor unions?
• Do employment laws replace the need for labor unions? Are these acts still relevant in today’s business environment? Why or why not?

Submit: Annotated Bibliography

This week culminates in your submission of an annotated bibliography that should consist of an introduction, followed by two quantitative article annotations, two qualitative article annotations, and two mixed methods article annotations for a total of six annotations, followed by a conclusion.

An annotated bibliography is a document containing selected sources accompanied by a respective annotation. Each annotation consists of a summary, analysis, and application for the purpose of conveying the relevance and value of the selected source. As such, annotations demonstrate a writer’s critical thinking about and authority on the topic represented in the sources.

In preparation for your own future research, an annotated bibliography provides a background for understanding a portion of the existing literature on a particular topic. It is also a useful precursor for gathering sources in preparation for writing a subsequent literature review.

Please review the assignment instructions below and click on the underlined words for information about how to craft each component of an annotation.

Please use the document “Annotated Bibliography Template with Example” for additional guidance. 

It is recommended that you use the grading rubric as a self-evaluation tool before submitting your assignment.   

• Before you read the full article and begin your annotation, locate the methodology section in the article to be sure that it describes the appropriate research design.
  • For quantitative research articles, confirm that a quantitative research design, such as a quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental, was used in the study.
  • For qualitative research articles, confirm that a qualitative research design or approach, such as narrative, ethnographic, grounded theory, case study, or phenomenology, was used in the study.
  • For mixed methods research articles, confirm that a mixed methods research (MMR) design was used in the study. There are several design classifications in MMR; some examples of MMR types or families of design are parallel, concurrent, sequential, multilevel, or fully integrated mixed methods design.
• Prepare an annotated bibliography that includes the following:
  • A one-paragraph introduction that provides context for why you selected the six research articles you did: two quantitative, two qualitative, and two MMR.
  • A reference list entry in APA Style for each of the six articles that follows proper formatting. Follow each reference list entry with a three-paragraph annotation that includes:
    • An application as illustrated in this example
    • An analysis
    • A summary
  • A one-paragraph conclusion that presents a synthesis of the six articles.
• Format your annotated bibliography in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced. A separate References list page is not needed for this assignment.
• Submit your Annotated Bibliography.

Interview Paper

Each student will interview a work colleague, superior, friend or acquaintance about ethics in the workplace.  Alternatively, the student may describe a situation that they experienced.  The interview subject will tell the student about an ethical issue the subject confronted on the job.  The student should briefly (1 paragraph) describe the situation.  The student should also describe the alternative solutions the subject considered, as well as the action they actually took (including taking no action) and why.  Finally, the student should submit his or her own analysis of the situation and should argue for a particular outcome, using either Utilitarianism or Kantian Ethics.  There is a description of what is expected of the ethical analysis attached to this syllabus.  Each student will submit a written report (2 – 5 pages).  The subject may remain anonymous, as may the company the subject works for.  However, the student should describe the general industry (oil field services, a bar, a restaurant, a health care clinic etc.) and the subject’s relative position in the company (a first-level employee, a manager, middle-management, executive etc.).  Any information that is provided from a source other than the interviewee needs to be properly referenced.  If a paper needs citations that have not been provided, the paper will lose 5 points from the grade and will have to be corrected and re-submitted to the instructor.  The paper will be submitted for grading via Blackboard (assignments section) by Friday July 31, 2020 at 11:55 pm.  

Paper Guidelines

Guidelines for what is expected in a Kantian or Utilitarian Analysis are attached to this syllabus.  A Utilitarian Analysis without a spreadsheet (or a Word table, does not have to be Excel) or a Kantian Analysis without a consideration of Universalizability and Reversibility will lose points.