Week 5 Discussion

 

Supporting Lectures:

Review the following lecture:

Introduction:

Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right” and any specific instructions for this topic.

Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.

Tasks:

Choose one of the following questions.

Question 1:

What is a sector partnership? Why is it important? Provide an example of a sector partnership.

Question 2:

How would you describe a rapid instructional design?

Submission Details:

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Your initial posting should be addressed at 500–1000 words as noted in the attached PDF.

Organizing HR Projects

 

Your company has had embedded HR generalists in business units for  the past several years. Over that time, it has become more costly and  more difficult to maintain standards, and is a frustration for business  units to have that budget “hit.” The leadership has decided to move to a  more centralized model of delivering HR services and has asked you to  evaluate that proposition and begin establishing a project team to  initiate the needed changes. The project team is selected, and you must  now provide general direction.

Instructions

Write a 5–6 page paper in which you:

  1. Review and define the five steps of strategic planning  depicted in Exhibit 2-1 in the textbook on page 34. Based on the  information, provide a statement of overall importance of these steps to  your project team.
  2. Develop a vision and mission statement for the project team  specific to the current project. Hint: It is highly recommended to  follow the guidance offered in the textbook about vision and mission  statements.
  3. Explain to the project team what a project charter is and why  it is used. Then, review Exhibit 3.3 in the textbook and select any  three charter elements you feel are more important and explain why.
  4. Provide a statement of emphasis to your project team based on  the information you provided in the previous three sections above. The  goal is to ensure your team understands the importance of the  information.
  5. Go to the Strayer University Online Library to locate at least three quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources for this assignment.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards  (SWS). For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer  Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Create an overview of project planning, a project vision and mission statement, a project charter, and a statement of emphasis.

memo

Course Objectives:

  • CLO #1: Examine ethical values and principles inherent in healthcare.
  • CLO #2: Appraise legal requirements for healthcare organizations.

Assignment Prompt:

  1. Take both the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Ethics Self Assessment and the Project Management Institute (PMI) Ethics Self-Assessment.  
  2. Watch the MindTools video on Values.  
  3. Watch the videos Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy #35   and Utilitarianism: Crash Course Philosophy #36. 
  4. Compare and contrast these assessment methods and models.  
  5. Using information from your reading materials, create one assessment that could be used for hiring healthcare leaders.

Instructions:

Write a memo to the Head of Human Resources suggesting the addition of an Ethics Self Assessment to the hiring process.  Be sure to include a thorough benchmarking of the existing tools on the market.  Create your own mockup of an ethics assessment that could be used by your organization.  What are some of the challenges involved in creating an ethics assessment?  What strategies did you incorporate?  Your memo should be detailed and persuasive.

1.5 pages review

  

Disaster Review

Need to access articles addressing a public health emergency. Domestic or international. 

1. Topics for the disaster review include: Floods or Earthquakes or 

Thunderstorms, Tornadoes,

2. Within the disaster review, include the following information: 

a. Where, when, how and why?

b. What went wrong?

c. What went right?

d. Consider Mitigation, Preparedness, Response & Recovery 

3. Must be written in APA format (in-text citations, reference, etc) 

4. Must be 1 to 2 pages in length (no more, no less)

5. Must use complete sentences, proper grammar, spelling etc 

new employee onboarding

 

Week Four Discussion Questions: New Employee Onboarding (Nov 11 – 17, 2020)

Available until Tuesday, November 17, 2020 11:59 PM EST Must post first.Subscribe

Discussion One:  

  1. Discuss the various components of new employee onboarding, including new hire orientation. Which part do you believe to be most important and why? What is the human resource manager’s role in the employee onboarding process? What is the manager’s role?
  2. How does an onboarding program benefit both new employees and the organization? In your discussion, address how effective employee onboarding can enhance employee engagement and retention.

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

Discussion Two:  Application

  1. Discuss the consequences of an ineffective, or inadequate, onboarding program from both employee and organizational perspectives.  How can HR evaluate the success of an onboarding program? Discuss at least 3 important onboarding success metrics.
  2. Evaluate the onboarding program of an organization where you are or have been employed or one you are familiar with. Do you believe it is effective in successfully integrating new employees into the organization?  Why or why not?

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

HR Contributes at SYSCO

When answering the question(s), please state the question and then provide your response(s).

  1. Discuss how does the market-driven approach illustrate that HR has strategic, operational, and administrative roles at SYSCO?
  2. Discuss the types of HR changes that could have affected reductions in workers’ compensation expenses, employee turnover, and increases in customer satisfaction.

HR Contributes at SYSCO

Many people in the United States are not familiar with SYSCO, but they see its results because SYSCO is the largest food services and distribution company with almost $24 billion in annual sales. SYSCO supplies food products to customers in restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, hospitals, and other companies. In a firm the size of SYSCO with more than 40,000 employees, HR management is making significant contributions to organizational success. As an indication of this success, SYSCO received the Optimas award for general HR Excellence from Workforce Magazine.

Beginning several years ago, the need to revitalize HR activities was recognized by both executives and senior HR staff members. At the time, the SYSCO operating regions had administered many of their own HR practices. To bring change to HR corporate-wide, while preserving the entrepreneurial independence of the regions, a “market-driven” HR approach was developed. In this approach, corporate HR identified ways it could assist regional operations, and then developed programs and services that met regional needs. However, unlike in many other corporations where corporate HR programs would be “mandated” to operating units, SYSCO took a different approach. Key to market-driven HR is that managers in the regional operations must be convinced to “buy” the corporate HR services. For example, if a supervisory training program is developed by corporate HR, regional managers decide if they want to use the program for supervisory training in their regions.

Another part of creating HR as market driven was the establishment by corporate HR of a Virtual Resource Center (VRC) to provide services to managers and employees. A key aspect of the VRC is use of HR technology to gather extensive data on HR activities and provide that data to operating managers. One source of data is workplace climate surveys of employees. Using the survey data, HR developed initiatives to increase safety, which reduced workers’ compensation claims by 30%, resulting in savings of $10 million per year.

Another problem that SYSCO had was high turnover rates of night shift warehouse workers. Recruiting these workers has been a constant challenge for SYSCO and other distribution firms. By implementing a variety of programs and services, based on employee and managerial input from surveys, the retention rate for these warehouse employees has been increased by 20%, resulting in savings of $15 million per year. These savings are due to reduced time and money spent recruiting, selecting, and training new employees. Also, employees with more experience are more productive and more knowledgeable about SYSCO operations and products.

Another area where HR has contributed is with truck and delivery drivers. Data gathered through the VRC has been used to revise base pay and incentive programs, increase driver retention rates, and improve driver safety records. Additionally, customer satisfaction rates increased and delivery expenses declined.

All of these changes illustrate that HR efforts at SYSCO have been paying off for the company, managers, and employees. But as the value of HR efforts is recognized by more managers, HR’s role at SYSCO is likely to continue growing and changing.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT – WALMART

Welcome to the second SLP project for this course. For this paper, please review the logistics system of the organization you are examining and in a 3- to 4-page paper answer the following questions:

Does your selected organization use quality management procedures in its logistics system? In what ways (as you are to give some specific examples)? If the organization does not use quality management procedures, what steps would you suggest they put in place in order to improve its logistics system?

Be sure to provide some description of the different quality tools, processes, etc., and be specific in your examples.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Research the organization with information you can find on the internet or other resources you find on your own. The paper should be 3–4 pages in length and have a cover sheet and a reference page. Clarity of presentation is important, as well as your ability to apply the topics to the logistics area of your selected firm. Use at least 3 different sources of information and annotate your sources of information appropriately on your references page and within the text as necessary. You will be assessed on how well you demonstrate your knowledge of the topic as it applies to your selected firm. Submit your assignment for grading by the end of this module.