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Instructions

You have assumed the head leadership position over a small department within a public sector agency. You have inherited a small but diverse team of employees. 

Your staff consists of the following individuals: 

Melanie has been with the organization for close to 10 years and spends much of her day surfing social media sites. She enjoys her job for the perceived job security and benefits but has little interest in pushing herself for additional monetary gain. When confronted about her social media use and lack of a desire to advance herself, she complains that she does not have anyone to “look up to” within the organization. 

Patrick is the most senior employee. Although he has an excellent record, he is going through a very difficult divorce and is only about one year away from retirement. He has become increasingly preoccupied with these matters. Regardless, having previously served in the military and having worked public service for his entire professional life, he expects much out of himself and has expressed a keen desire to involve himself with your managerial decision-making processes as soon as he is able to sort out some of his home issues. 

Tom, the newest employee, is fresh out of college. He is young and energetic, although not a week goes by where you do not catch him browsing salary surveys or private sector job listings; nevertheless, he is an overly productive employee, and he confides in you that he is worried that he is producing much more than his salary seems to reflect. He also questions the impact that the organization’s work and his own work, in particular, are actually having on anyone.

To complete this assignment, you will need address the components below. 

• Develop      a concise motivation profile on each of the staff members. 
• Correlate      motivational theories to this real-world scenario. 
• Summarize      leadership strategies related to such aspects as work life stages,      expected responses to rewards and punishments, and the degree to which      followers feel they fit the ideal motivation mold of public sector      employees. 
• Consider      how not being mindful of appropriate leadership strategies can be harmful      to organizations. 

Your case study findings and recommendations should consist of no less than two pages, be double spaced, and be written in 12-point Times New Roman font. 

 For Milestone Two, you will explain the research design and methods that will be used to address the business problem you identified in Milestone One, justifying why they are appropriate for your research study. To support your research design, describe the methods you will use, the key variables, and ethical considerations involved in using the research design. 

Instructions

Supporting Lectures:

Review the following lectures:

• Recruiting
• Training
• Work Organization and Job Design—Meaningful Work

Project

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction:

In Week 4, you were preparing to open a manufacturing plant in Cambodia. The CEO is excited about a new opportunity. As the HR professional, you will need to develop a plan and explain the importance of anchoring the company before launching the product. Select one of the following organizations to assess before creating and presenting your ideas: SAS Institute, Unilever, or Nestlé.  

Tasks:

• Analyze the globally integrated (GIE) approach and value to the organization.
• Evaluate the strategy, structure, and culture of an international company.
• Analyze the employer and the talent brand.
• Evaluate how the organization diagnoses and conducts strategic planning.
• Evaluate how talent is managed. 
• Analyze how the organization acquires, selects, develops, and retains talent.

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

Submission Details:

• Create a 3- to 4-page document.
• Name your file as SU_HRM6000_W5_Project_LastName_FirstName.

1. The AFL, IWW, and CIO were all created out of frustration with the existing dominant form of unionism at the time. Explain. What does this imply about the future of U.S. unionism?
2. How are the lyrics of “Solidarity Forever” (p. 81) consistent with the IWW’s beliefs? How is it ironic that today’s mainstream unions have adopted this song as their own? What parts of the lyrics would today’s mainstream unions agree with?
3. Look at the reasons listed by employers for being nonunion in the open shop handout in Figure 3.3. How would an AFL leader have responded to these reasons? Is the open shop movement consistent with today’s human resource management approach?
4. Describe how the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, and the Industrial Workers of the World differed in their views of efficiency, equity, and voice. How about employers? What were their views of efficiency, equity, and voice during the open shop movement? Did these views change during the period of welfare capitalism?

 This assignment is a mini research paper on levels of care. You will describe the various types of care (primary, secondary, tertiary), and provide an example for each. You must use at least three scholarly resources. Think about access to each level of care and explain how patients enter each.

Make sure your paper is no less than THREE pages in length,double-spaced, font 12, Times New Roman. Follow APA guidelines for in text citations and references.

1. “State of Estates” is a national estate planning firm with 2,500 employees in eight states.

   Research, as a team, three relevant court cases on age discrimination. 

   Design a 2-3-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes for the senior management team at “State of Estates” to train them on the following topics:

   • An overview of the ADEA
   •  
     Include visual interest in the form of relevant photos, clip art, and/or graphics. 

Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature. Chapter 8? What are 6 to 8 discussion questions which address core issues of the chapter 8? What are practical applications or “take-aways” from the chapter 8?

Assume the role as the chair of the Recognition and Rewards Committee for an organization of 50 employees. Prepare a recommendation from your committee on how to allocate the $5,000 annual budget to maximize employee engagement and motivation. (Hint: Don’t forget that non-monetary means of recognition and rewards can be just as effective as monetary means.)

In discussion 1, you considered how you might create an instrument for measuring a phenomenon or client issue. For this week’s Discussion 2, choose and evaluate an existing instrument to measure the concept you identified in Discussion 1. Consider how you would compare your original measurement to the existing measurement.

To Prepare: Review the following at the Walden Library on how to find existing instruments:

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/library/testsmeasures

Posta brief explanation of the existing measurement instrument that you identified. Then, compare your original measurement approach to the existing instrument. Next, explain how you would revise or replace your original measurement plan. Finally explain the advantages and/or disadvantages of using existing instruments for measurement. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.

Discussion 1

Consolidated power can create stability yet it can also be susceptible to abuse. Explain the need to give power to a government as well as the motivations to limit abuse. Provide at least one example to support your position.

You are required to make at least one post that responds to your classmates’ posts. In your reply, you need to address specific points made by your classmate(s) within their post and ask a follow up question to promote more thought and discussion on the topic.

Your discussion posts should be reflective, thoughtful, meaningful, and free of spelling and grammar errors.

Discussion 2

Democracy has its flaws yet people desire representative government. How does majority rule both support best and worst ideas of society? Give at least one example of each (the best and worst) in your post.

our discussion posts should be reflective, thoughtful, meaningful, and free of spelling and grammar errors.