Part 1

Edward Seymour is a financial consultant to Cornish Inc., a real estate syndicate. Cornish finances and develops commercial real estate (office buildings) projects. The completed projects are then sold as limited partnership interests to individual investors. The syndicate makes a profit on the sale of these partnership interests. Edward provides financial information for prospective investors in a document called the offering “prospectus.” This document discusses the financial and legal details of the limited partnership investment.

One of the company’s current projects is called JEDI 2, and has the syndicate borrowing money from a local bank to build a commercial office building. The interest rate on the loan is 6.5% for the first four years. After four years, the interest rate jumps to 15% for the remaining 20 years of the loan. The interest expense is one of the major costs of this project and significantly affects the number of renters needed for the project to break even. In the prospectus, Edward has prominently reported that the break-even occupancy for the first four years is 65%. This is the amount of office space that must be leased to cover the interest and general upkeep costs during the first four years. The 65% break-even point is very low compared to similar projects and thus communicates a low risk to potential investors. Edward uses the 65% break-even rate as a major marketing tool in selling the limited partnership interests. Buried in the fine print of the prospectus is additional information that would allow an astute investor to determine that the break-even occupancy jumps to 95% after the fourth year when the interest rate on the loan increases to 15%. Edward believes prospective investors are adequately informed of the investment’s risk.

1. Is Edward behaving ethically? Explain your answer.

Part 2

The director of marketing for Starr Computer Co., Megan Hewitt, had the following discussion with the company controller, Cam Morley, on July 26 of the current year:

• Megan: Cam, it looks like I’m going to spend much less than indicated on my July budget.
• Cam: I’m glad to hear it.
• Megan: Well, I’m not so sure it’s good news. I’m concerned that the president will see that I’m under budget and reduce my budget in the future. The only reason that I look good is that we’ve delayed an advertising campaign. Once the campaign hits in September, I’m sure my actual expenditures will go up. You see, we are also having our sales convention in September. Having the advertising campaign and the convention at the same time is going to kill my September numbers.
• Cam: I don’t think that’s anything to worry about. We all expect some variation in actual spending month to month. What’s really important is staying within the budgeted targets for the year. Does that look as if it’s going to be a problem?
• Megan: I don’t think so, but just the same, I’d like to be on the safe side.
• Cam: What do you mean?
• Megan: Well, this is what I’d like to do. I want to pay the convention-related costs in advance this month. I’ll pay the hotel for room and convention space and purchase the airline tickets in advance. In this way, I can charge all these expenditures to July’s budget. This would cause my actual expenses to come close to budget for July. Moreover, when the big advertising campaign hits in September, I won’t have to worry about expenditures for the convention on my September budget as well. The convention costs will already be paid. Thus, my September expenses should be pretty close to budget.
• Cam: I can’t tell you when to make your convention purchases, but I’m not too sure that September items should be expensed in July’s budget.
• Megan: What’s the problem? It looks like “no harm, no foul” to me. I can’t see that there’s anything wrong with this—it’s just smart management.

1. How should Cam Morley respond to Megan Hewitt’s request to expense the advanced payments for convention-related costs against July’s budget?

Part 3

Cost Behavior:

Research an article from Baker College Online Library on Cost Behavior and discuss how it relates to the costs of products and services related to your company you like to run.

(Baker college library # 23504107367546)

Part 4

Teams are common in nearly every type of organization today; thus, finding appropriate ways to include team performance in the performance management process is important. As the HR Manager, how would you ensure that team performance is being evaluated in a fair and effective manner?

Part 5

Throughout this course, you have learned various aspects of performance effectiveness; including team collaboration, as you worked with your classmates in the group project. Discuss the top three elements that you can apply directly to your work/life now.

Each part should be 250-300 words each 

Present a 4 page blog introducing new HR students to the topic of competencies in HRM. Utilize one or more tables showing facts about competencies in HR and discuss what the table information means.

Refer to at least 3 valid sources to strengthen your writing. List them at the end of the blog.

Chapter 3 outlines what’s trending in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). Review the trends below. 

Write a 3-4 page paper on a protected characteristic that is protected under EEO laws and regulations. 

• Identify and explain the characteristic.
• How can unlawful employment discrimination affect your identified characteristic? Give examples.
• Share the legal protection to prevent bias and discrimination based on your characteristic.
• Research and identify how organizations have or can protect themselves

Paper Requirements:

• Write a 3-4 page double-spaced, 12 font, and APA formatted paper that addresses the questions above. 
• Do not use first person. This paper isn’t your opinion. Your paper is guided by your research. 
• The 3-4 pages is counted from the introduction through the conclusion. It does not include the title page or reference page.
• Include a title page properly formatted in APA. 
• You Do NOT need to include an abstract
• Make sure to include an Introduction to your paper. Your introduction needs to include a strong preview sentence. 
• Create headings in the body of the paper (between the Introduction and Conclusion) that are named based on the content in that section of the paper. For example, your headings could be the trends you identified. Please review the APA Heading Format Guidelines (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.) in order to develop a good understanding of how to format the headings in your paper.
• Include a Reference page. You must include a minimum of 5 references (textbook and 4 scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles from Welder Library E-Resources). 

Please refer to the rubric for the grading requirements.    

Your submission will go through turnitin. Turnitin evaluates the originality score of your paper. Your turnitin score should be 25% or less. 

Option #1: Labor Relations

Though union influence has diminished over the past years, they still are a force in some industries such as domestic auto production and public-sector employment. Therefore, a key factor in understanding human resource management is to effectively create and manage a strategy to develop a positive working relationship with labor unions, both their representatives and their members. Given this background, compose a paper that addresses the following:

• Briefly describe the nature and scope of today’s union and its members, including—among other demographic variables—their average age, educational level, and type of industry/professional.
• Describe the role and function of a union in today’s industrial landscape.
• Craft a five-point plan that a human resource professional should follow/adapt in order to create a positive, conducive, and mutually rewarding relationship between unions and organizations. Be sure to discuss the impediments to this relationship and how one can overcome those impediments.

Your paper should be:

• 5-7 pages in length APA format

Instructions

This assessment addresses the following course objective(s):

• Examine theories of effective business responses to innovation across disciplines.
• Assess methods and tools that guide innovation approaches within business organization strategies.

From your experience or research identify a business process that you would classify as true innovation. Discuss the background of this business process and its context within overall organizational activities. Describe how innovation in the business process drives greater efficiency, service, and/or profitability. Provide a process map of the process and use this visualization as a talking point on the benefits of the innovation. Your paper should be three pages and provide references in APA format to the specific process you are describing.

HRIS Investments 

Part A (Chapter 7) 

1.  Imagine a vendor responded to your request for a HRIS proposal. What  are the indirect/direct costs and benefits of the HRIS? What is the cost  of implementation (include dollar estimates)? Does the cost justify the  HRIS investment? Explain. 

Part B (Chapter 8) 

2.  Does your organization utilize self-service portals? How do you use  self-service portals? If you do not have experience using self-service  portals, which portals would you recommend for your organization and why  would you recommend those portals? What are some laws that govern HR  Administration? What are some current or past examples of the impact of  violating these laws? 

NOTE: MORE THAN ONE ANSWER POSTED CHOOSE ANY

In your opinion, what benefits are of greatest value to employees? To the organization? Why?

TWO ASSIGNMENTS – APA FORMAT- EACH SHOULD BE ATTACHED AS THEIR OWN DOCUMENT – SO THERE SHOULD BE 2 DOCUMENTS – EACH ASSIGNMENT SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 1 FULL PAGE

Unit 4.1 – Training and Development of Human Capital

What should the goals of an orientation program be?

Unit 5.1 – Performance Management Systems

Why do Companies use performance appraisals?

What are some common performance issues with employees?  What is  Human Resource Managements role in handling these issues?
 

Please respond to the following:

• Design a table using three of the six contextual factors (for example, environmental uncertainty, task uncertainty, error criticality, task structure, proximity to the organization’s core mission, and organizational structure). For each contextual factor, create one brief scenario that is beyond management’s control. Then, develop one corrective action to increase management’s success. Note: Use Microsoft Word or similar software to create the table, then copy and paste it into the discussion board.

I have a written assignment due. I will attach the requirements needed to complete this assignment. Please be advised that there is a 300 word minimum for this assignment. Must use required reading for in text-citations. Must use APA formatting.

Note: Only up to 20% of content in the written assignment can be quotes from third parties.