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Select a product that you like or use. Using this product as a basis, design and write out the steps you would use to create a sales presentation on this product that includes the following components.

1-Write a minimum of two pages based upon steps presented on pages 188–209 in your textbook with specifics related to the product you have selected. Include the elements below in your description.

a-Describe the four common delivery methods of communicating ideas.

b-Recommend tips for speakers addressing the media.

c-Recommend visual and auditory aids.

d-Describe the strategies used to enhance the effectiveness of the message.

2-Write a one-page (minimum) business letter (sample on page 219 in your textbook) to your supervisor explaining your campaign.

3-Write a half-page memo (sample page 221 in your textbook) to your coworkers outlining the campaign.

4-Add a one-page summary of what you learned from this writing activity and how it will help you in your future career activities. Include in this section the challenges you faced.

Include all of the aforementioned writing pieces in one document, and write a concluding paragraph summing up what you have learned from this writing process. Include any challenges you faced. You may only use your textbook as a resource for this final project. This paper should be a minimum of four pages (not counting the title and reference pages). Use APA style.  

Beebe, S. A., & Mottet, T. P. (2016). Business and professional communication: Principles and skills for leadership (3rd ed.). Pearson.

This individual assignment will consist of a five-page paper discussing a current HR topic that is currently in the news. 

NOTE: 5 pages is the body of the paper.  Then also include APA style title page and reference page.

You will provide: 

• An overview of the hot topic
• Scholarly information about the topic i.e. from Journals and other books
• Your opinion(s) about the topic supported by scholarly literature 
• A discussion if/how the hot topic can negatively/positively affect your current or future job in healthcare. 

 After researching the affordability and financial sustainability of the Medicare program, discuss whether or not the Medicare program is reasonably affordable for its beneficiaries – why or why not? Is the program financially sustainable for future generations, given the retirement of the baby boomers and the shrinking of the active taxpaying workforce numbers? What changes could be proposed now/soon to save Medicare? Provide responses based on facts to each of these items (with credible/peer-reviewed citations) in a 200-word supported analysis. Remember to use in-text citations in your post. 

Two Parts

Unit IV Journal

Instructions

When an employment offer is being presented, what are the key things you look for in accepting the position?

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

Part 2

QUESTION 2

• Identify the parts that make up total compensation (pay mix). Explain the percentage breakdown for direct and indirect compensation, which makes up total compensation.
• Your response must be at least 75 words in length.

QUESTION 3

• Identify the three types of pay-level policies. Explain each.
• Your response must be at least 75 words in length.

QUESTION 4

• Discuss what shapes external competitiveness from the pay mix standpoint.
• Your response must be at least 75 words in length.

QUESTION 5

• Discuss pay-for-performance plans.
• Your response must be at least 75 words in length.

Discuss the following in your main post:

• Discuss the challenges faced by companies that have subsidiaries in foreign countries.
• Cultural differences can cause conflict resolution among international teams to be more difficult.  Discuss a method that would be effective.  
• Do you believe the organizational culture should be altered based on the national culture of the area where operations are conducted?

“Performance Appraisals and the Law”  Please respond to the following:

• According to the material in Chapter 9, most employee complaints related to performance evaluations are based on alleged violations of employment law. Determine what you think would be a common complaint that could have legal consequences. Propose a strategy that HR could implement to reduce the number of these types of employee complaints.

Question 1: Labor Unions

Summarize your understanding of union membership today in the US. What is the current status of union membership? Share some statistics and trends. Did you ever belong to a labor union? If you did, do you think union membership benefited you? If you did not, do you think a union would have benefited you? Why or why not?

Use the articles and resources provided to support your ideas.

Question 2: Safety and Security

Discuss some of the common safety and security concerns in today’s workplace. What are some important laws that may help organizations reduce risk? What are some strategies HR managers can develop to mitigate some of these issues? Use the resources provided to support your ideas.  Also, remember to reply to a minimum of two other student posts.

. A self-assessment of your consulting skills based on your work and school experience. Outline what skills a consultant needs and how your skills match. Then free-form an essay while answering the following: What skills did you perform well? Which were you deficient? Were these the skills you assumed consultants needed before the course started? How have your views changed or remained the same about consulting? What would you have to do to improve your skills if you were to pursue a career in consulting? Take online tests/assessments to gain insight and provide evidence. Use examples and evidence from other classes and past work history to support your conclusions. Try to make it an honest assessment that can be useful to you in the future.

International Organization for Standardization

Students will visit the ISO website (https://www.iso.org/about-us.html) and be familiar with the ISO governance structure, vision, and purpose. The purpose of this assignment is for student to review ISO popular standards and select one standard with a case study to do a research. 

The final product will be about two pages writing (single space, Time NW 12) and 3 PPT slides covering the following items:

· A selected ISO standard with a brief summary of major points (standard’s name, description, purposes, requirement, and benefit), 100-200 words length.

· A case study under your selected ISO standard, a summary of major points should contain, but not limit to: company name, business background, type of ISO certification and benefits, problems (if any) and business improvement and performance, tools and techniques used in the implementation (e.g. LSS, quality, SWOT, problem solving tools,…).

· Any pictures, graphs, and diagrams related to the case study.

· References

Suggested websites:

1. Learn about ISO standards, go to https://www.iso.org/popular-standards.html, then select one standard that you are interested to study (e.g. ISO 9001, 22000, 14001, 13485, 2600, 8601, 31000, 50001, 17025, 27001,…). A standard manual is located on the right column, “Preview our standards”

2. Case study, there are several website on ISO case study. A simple one with Google Search, keyword “ISO and case study”, some other sources:

1. www.asq.org,
2. https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/standards/,       select the standard and use keyword ‘case study’ 

Week 6 Assignment 3 Submission

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Click the link above to submit your assignment.

Assignment 3: Talent Management Strategy
Due Week 6 and worth 200 points

Envision an organization (profit, nonprofit, product-or service-driven) with 200 people in which 20 are identified leaders.

With this organization in mind, write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Formulate a talent management strategy to encompass the entire talent requirements of the organization.
2. Determine the key components of talent management, including identifying, assessing, and developing talent.
3. Examine how the talent management process is a strategy for a competitive advantage for your organization.
4. Assess how the talent management strategy should change with the anticipation of the organization doubling in five to six (5-6) years.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
• The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the process of linking talent management to organizational goals to gain a competitive advantage.
• Analyze the process for crafting a talent brand and accessing talent channels.
• Determine the characteristics of an effective onboarding model.
• Explore how to identify and develop high-potential talent.
• Analyze behavior change theories and their impact on talent management processes.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in talent management.
• Write clearly and concisely about talent management using proper writing mechanics.