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Identifying the Organizational Learning Issues

Overview

Suppose that your organization, or an organization that you are familiar with, is dealing with a major issue in transitioning individual learning (such as, sharing knowledge, training programs, working as a team, experiences, procedures, processes) into organizational learning. The chief executive officer (CEO) has asked you, as the vice president of human resources, to assist with the issue and to help the organization transition its culture to this new way of learning. Before you provide any recommendations to address the issue, you must first research the root of the problem and the resistance to this transition.

Note: You may make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. In your original work, you may use aspects of existing processes from either your current or a former place of employment. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization(s) that you have used.
 

Instructions

Write a 3–4 page paper in which you:

• Assess the organization’s culture as it relates to shared knowledge, then specify the significant issue(s) that you discovered with the culture. Determine the disconnect you observed between the culture and organizational learning using three of the five mystifications. Support your response with at least one example of each selected mystification within the organization.
• Give your opinion on the current Organizational Learning Mechanism(s) (OLMs) that hinder organizational learning. Support your response with one example of a training or learning initiative (for example, sharing knowledge, training programs, working as a team, experiences, procedures, processes) and the outcome when it was applied to the organization.
• Determine which one of the following OLMs is suitable for replacing the identified OLM(s) that hinder organizational learning as a corrective action to facilitate the transition from individual to organizational learning: Off-line/Internal, Online/Internal, Off-line/External or Online/External. Justify your selection.
• Evaluate the norms of the organization’s learning culture to determine the source or sources that currently prevent productive learning by applying two of the following norms: inquiry, issue orientation, transparency, integrity, or accountability. Provide at least one example of each of the selected norms’ manifestation within the organization in your evaluation.
• Use at least five quality academic references in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Evaluate Organizational Learning Mechanisms (OLMs) that support the transition from individual to organizational learning, and learning culture norms that hinder productive learning.

1.   If you become the new manager at a restaurant with high employee turnover, what actions would you take to increase the retention of employees?  

2.   What labor markets should be considered when recruiting to fill an opening for a housekeeping staff at a local hospital? What labor markets should be considered for staffing the chief surgeon for the local hospital?  

 Instructions:

1. More than 250 words
2. NO plagiarism
3. Always cite your sources using APA format
4. Always use in-text citations
5. 2 References must.

OUR VISION

Valdosta State University will be a catalyst for regional comprehensive progress.

OUR MISSION

As a comprehensive institution of the University System of Georgia, Valdosta State University (VSU) is a welcoming, aware, and vibrant community founded on and dedicated to serving our communities’ rich and diverse heritages. Through excellence in teaching, basic and applied research, and service, VSU provides rigorous programs and opportunities that enrich our students, our university, and our region.  As such, the VSU mission consists of three interrelated parts:

• Student Mission: To provide a diverse student population with an inspired education, a safe learning environment, a nurturing community, and a wealth of experience that assists students in molding their futures in a creative, conscious, and caring fashion while preparing them to be lifelong learners who will meet the needs of a changing global society.
• University Mission: To operate the university with a focus toward human, environmental, and financial sustainability while increasing value to our local, regional, national, and international stakeholders. To expand opportunities for our students, employees, and varied community members by promoting social justice and service learning.
• Regional Mission: To provide our region and our home with the resources and support necessary to develop and sustain a higher quality of living, greater economic and community development, and inspired innovation that nurtures and respects our diverse population and beautiful environment while promoting academic outreach, public and private entrepreneurship, and collaboration with all regional entities

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Direct Financial Compensation (Monetary Compensation) 

Learning Objectives

1. Summarize the usual components of a total compensation plan and the environment of compensation practice.
2. Explain the direct financial compensation practices.
3. Discuss job structures and how they are established.
4. Summarize competitive pay policies: pay level and pay mix.
5. Explain what pay structures are and how they are created.
6. Review exceptions to the rules: compensation for sales representatives, contingent workers, and executives.

Indirect Financial Compensation (Employee Benefits) 

Learning Objectives

1. Define indirect financial compensation (employee benefits).
2. Describe legally required benefits and the various kinds.
3. Define discretionary benefits and explain the various types.
4. Explain workplace flexibility (work/life balance).
5. Describe customized benefit plans.
6. Summarize the issues of communicating information about benefit plans.

ASSIGNMENT – QUESTIONS

1. There are many contextual influences that must be taken into account when designing and implementing direct financial compensation plans, and one of them is interindustry wage or compensation differentials. Briefly, state the implications of these differentials for establishing competitive compensation programs. Then, explain the factors that contribute to the existence of interindustry wage differentials.
2. With a heterogeneous workforce, employers are having to be more flexible. How are employers using customized benefits plans and flextime to meet the needs of today’s employees?

Expectation:

–  Minimum of 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced)

–  Identify the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.

–  essay form (narrative form) no Bullet points should not to be used 

–  2 outside scholarly or professional source related to human resource management. 

–  Textbook : Title: Human Resource Management  , ISBN: 9780134739724 Authors: Martocchio Publisher: Pearson Edition: 15TH 19 

HA3300D – Healthcare Policy and Ethics

 Assignment 02: Ethical Theories

  Directions

Section 1: Describe the 2 ethical theories that most align with your personal “code of ethics,” or the rules that normally guide your decisions and behavior. Why do these 2 theories best align with your values?

Section 2: For each of the following healthcare concepts, choose 1 of the 10 ethical theories you have read about that you believe best supports and clarifies it, and explain why:

.autonomy

.nonmaleficence

.beneficence

 All papers should follow APA formatting guidelines and include a “References” page.

 SCORING GUIDE ( 70 POINTS )

Rating Scale

14.Work meets or exceeds criterion at a high level of competence.

13-12 Work reflects an understanding of criterion with minor misunderstandings/misconceptions.

11 Criterion partially met, but one or more important concepts/skills are missing or flawed.

10-9 Work reflects an attempt to meet criterion, but significant misunderstandings/misconceptions are apparent.

8-0 Criterion not met or work is absent.

Criteria

1. Described the two ethical theories that best align with personal values, and explained why.

2. Explained which ethical theory best supports and clarifies the concept of autonomy, and why.

3. Explained which ethical theory best supports and clarifies the concept of nonmaleficence, and why.

4. Explained which ethical theory best supports and clarifies the concept of beneficence, and why.

5. Assignment demonstrated accurate and appropriate grammar and spelling, APA style, in-text citations, and references.

Compare and contrast job descriptions and job specifications.

Assignment 4: Progress, Results, and Finalizing the HR Project

Due Week 8 and worth 145 points

Your HR project to develop a centralized model of delivering HR services has progressed through very critical stages of the project thus far. It is now time to present actionable, decision-making information to project leaders. This can be best accomplished when projects have been successfully managed, devoid of any major risks, and have been properly closed out and finalized.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Explain what it means to successfully direct and manage project work and identify and discuss 3-4 strategies you might use to manage and sustain progress in your HR project. Be specific.
2. Identify and discuss a minimum of 3 strategies that could be used to address and resolve any risks within the control of the project. HINT: See Exhibit 14.5 in the textbook. Is any one of the strategies you selected more important than the others? Why?
3. Describe 2-3 actions a project manager may take as they begin to close out the project. Be sure to justify using the actions you discuss.
4. Review Project Management in Action: The Power of Lessons Learned (pages 518-520 in the textbook) and provide an overview to the project team on the significance of the information. Be specific.
5. Go to http://research.strayer.edu to locate at least three (3) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment.

Your assignment must:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine the characteristics of a successful project plan.
• Monitor the progress of a project and prepare documentation of a project’s effectiveness as measured by the stated goals.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing human resource projects.
• Write clearly and concisely about managing human resource projects using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the rubric for this assignment. 

Read Chapter 5 of the course text and the article Hiring Top Talent? Here Are the Best Methods for Sourcing, Screening, and Interviewing. What are the goals of employee selection? Compare and contrast two selection methods and discuss how they impact the achievement of organizational objectives. Your initial post must be a minimum of 300 words. Cite at least one scholarly source to support your response.

Unit VI Assessment

1. Describe at least three alternative approaches to decision making on a project team and describe when each is most appropriate. Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words.
2. Identify and describe five characteristics of a high-performing project team. Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words.

Unit VII Assessment

1. Identify two actions a project manager can take to avoid terminating a project early. If these actions are not effective, how should the project manager approach an early termination? Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words.
2. what is “validate scope” and why is it important to the project? Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words in length.

Unit VII Research Paper

Instructions

Search the CSU Online Library (CSU Online Library Research Guide) and find a project that was not completed successfully. Write a three-page summary of the project, including the reasons why you think this project failed. Also, include project lessons learned and record how lessons learned were used to inform projects. How does this compare to what was discussed in this unit?

Be sure to use APA format and cite your work. Your summary should be at least three pages in length and will include a title and reference page which are not included in the page count.

• Write a 600–800 word white paper for a consulting company about the supply chain and distribution strategy of a manufacturing company, based on a library article.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

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• Competency 1: Design a supply chain to support an organizational strategy. o Explain why a company’s supply chain strategy is successful.• Competency 2: Improve efficiency in the supply chain. o Describe the main challenges facing a company.• Competency 3: Manage a supply chain in order to satisfy customers. o Describe how a company has changed its supply chain to satisfy its customers.• Competency 4: Communicate in a professional manner that is consistent with expectations for supply chain managers and participants. o Exhibit proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources• Supply Chain Basic Functions

The functions basic to all supply chains are:

• Planning.• Sourcing.• Making.• Delivering.

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Fundamental decisions are required from supply chain managers to define strategy in developing a supply chain that will effectively meet these four requirements.

Supply Chain Planning

Planning or forecasting includes decisions needed to define operations of the other four supply chain functions. Three approaches to supply chain planning are:

• Demand forecasting.• Product pricing.• Inventory management.

Sourcing or procurement involves decisions that determine the source of the resources that a firm requires for operations. This function traditionally included activities such as purchasing, consumption management, vendor selection, contract negotiation, and contract management. Recent global developments and trends in outsourcing have made this a dynamic changing role for supply chain managers.

Making or producing is the economic process of converting resources into goods and services. Typical activities in this function include product development and design, operations facility management, and production scheduling.

Distribution or delivering can include order management, delivery scheduling, and order processing. Inventory placement and delivery centers are of prime importance in supply management as the cost effectiveness of the entire system can rely upon the efficient delivery function

• Questions to Consider 

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

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• Why is it important to consider uncertainty when evaluating supply chain design decisions?• What are the major sources of uncertainty that can affect global supply chain decisions? o Consider the financial, logistic, political, natural, cultural, and technological sources of uncertainty• Questions to Consider 

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

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• Why is it important to consider uncertainty when evaluating supply chain design decisions?• What are the major sources of uncertainty that can affect global supply chain decisions? o Consider the financial, logistic, political, natural, cultural, and technological sources of uncertainty