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Perform an internet search to identify an instance of environmental pollution in your state. Use the example you found and the imaginary scenario provided below to complete the assignment.

Scenario: There is a concern about environmental pollution in your state or community. Because of your expertise as an environmental scientist, you have been invited to be a panelist at a town hall meeting in which you will present an overview of the issue. The audience consists of community leaders, members of the scientific community, and some local residents.

Create a 5-to 8-slide presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Prezi, or Sway®) in which you explain the problem from a scientific perspective.

Address the following in your presentation:

• What are the scientific factors that are causing the issue?
• How is the issue identified? Describe the data associated with the problem.
• What solutions or opportunities should be explored to address the issue further?
• Incorporate relevant key words from the Environmental Pollution Key Terms document.

Use at least 2 outside references.

Format your presentation and references according to APA guidelines.

See attachments. choose ten jobs from the spreadsheet data to calculate the following HR metrics.

1   Time to hire/average time to hire 

3  Offer acceptance ratio 

4 Above average performance management yield ratio 

5 Employee referral program success 

7 Average time until promotion or pay raise 

Read through response by one of my classmate and post an response to classmates’ post. Include ideas/comments and/or research not mentioned yet. Cite your sources. 300 words, APA format

Energy resource managers analyze human uses and impacts on resources and propose sound conservation practices. However, economic growth and societal expansion compete with resource conservation and restrictions. Resource usage, conservation, and preservation need to be balanced in order to promote sustainability. Visit the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) to learn how energy (nuclear, solar, wind, etc.) in your state is generated.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Describe one energy resource that is readily available in your community or state. What are the impacts and/or consequences of delivering it to your community? How do your actions impact the provision of this resource?

Considering the concepts behind supply chain management, what are your thoughts concerning utilizing “hard metrics” such as production, inventory, location, transport, and information as a model for human resource management processes? After restructuring, what specific challenges or adaptations would be made to better align staff development goals with business results where hard metrics are concerned? Should some inventory process of human capital resources be made available prior to implementing hard metrics?

* Your initial post (approximately 200-250 words) should address each question in the discussion directions and is due by 11:59 PM Central Time on Wednesday.

Discussion 1

How can reason and utility apply to modern society? Does equality of opportunity still exist? Give an example to support your position on both questions. Your discussion posts should be reflective, thoughtful, meaningful, and free of spelling and grammar errors.

Discussion 2

Can informed civil discourse create the best government? Cite a modern political issue and assess how civil discourse is being used to deal with this issue. Your discussion posts should be reflective, thoughtful, meaningful, and free of spelling and grammar errors.

 Prepare a brief (maximum 500 – 750 word) report that examines whether, how, and why strategic management is/could/should be relevant and important for human resource management.

Watch David McCandless’ 18-minute TED talk, The beauty of data visualization (Links to an external site.)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zg-C8AAIGg

• Write a 500-word review of the article or video. In writing the review you should consider the following:
• Objectives: what does the article or video set out to do?
• Concepts: what are the central concepts? Are they clearly defined?
• Argument: What is the central argument?
• Contribution: how well does the work advance our knowledge? 

Note as the reader I am not interested in a general descriptive overview of the article or video. You should be providing a critical assessment of the ideas and arguments that are being presented by the author. 

 Assume that the reader of the paper is a business owner or senior level manager. Your paper should present a clear analytical review of the human resource topic you have chosen. Your paper should include: 

a. An introduction and conclusion 

b. A clear description of the issue or topic. Explain why the topic is a something worth investigating (you can reference your popular press article here). Present a review of the issue/topic and inform the reader of how it came to be. Describe how the issue/topic matters. Why is it an issue or concern? 

c. Compare and contrast the issue using specific information or details (with appropriate sources) from both the manager side and the employee side of the issue. Why would this issue/concern matter to a business? To an employee? What impact would this issue have on the business or on the employee?

 d. What action should manager or owners take in regard to this issue/topic to resolve the issue? Use sources throughout this section to justify your thoughts. THIS SECTION SHOULD BE DETAILED and should reference Human Resource centered strategies to address the issue/topic. 

The purpose of this paper is for you to identify a current issue or topic in Human Resources that a business in your field or discipline would face. Students are expected to research to learn how to stay current on HR related topics as it is a critical need for a manager, as is the knowledge of how to strategically plan for the Human Resources function. 

The paper requires you to develop a clear analysis based on current research of a topic or issue in Human Resources. You want to conduct a scholarly review of the literature, and you must have a minimum of four citations from scholarly sources (see the attached list of sample scholarly sources). Your reference page will include at least 6 total references (4 scholarly sources, the class textbook, the popular press article). Keep in mind that this paper is an analysis of the topic/issue and is not merely a summary of the bibliographic list of resources. Your paper must use scholarly references and it must be written in a narrative format synthesizing the research from your citations, which must be in presented in APA format (this means you need both in text citations and a reference page). The paper should be NO LONGER than 5 pages and include at the least the following: 

1. Introduction and Purpose of the Paper 

2. General Findings of the Research (including definition of the issue) 

3. Business Recommendation (with evidence that the solution recommended is a good one) 

4. Conclusions 

5. Reference Page (this is NOT included in the 5 page limit) 

Organizations are increasingly concerned with sustainability and corporate social responsibility – whether for business, legal, or values-based reasons. The HR function is uniquely positioned to assist in both developing and implementing a sustainability strategy.

Go to The Guardian’s Corporate Social Responsibility page and select a video or article from the list provided. If possible, avoid selecting videos or articles already chosen and discussed by classmates. After viewing the video or reading the article you have selected, provide a summary of it and a response to the following discussion prompts:

• Explain how the organization in the video or article demonstrates corporate social responsibility.
• Explain HR’s role in formulating corporate values and developing an overall business sustainability strategy.
• Identify examples of sustainable HR practices that support a culture of corporate social responsibility.

Use this week’s lecture as a basis for your post. Reference the source and cite the textbook in your original post. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.