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Final Project Part 1: Culture Analysis Paper

This assignment allows you to demonstrate mastery of course outcomes:

1. apply knowledge of the levels, components, and development of culture to inform decision making about organizational practices
2. analyze and describe the impact of organizational culture on performance

You will be asked to analyze an organizational culture. This could be  the organization you work with, or it could be some other organization  to which you have access. Remember that clubs, associations, and  churches can be considered organizations.

Research (data gathering) should include (but does not need to be limited to)  mainly primary sources.

Primary data is the data collected by the researcher themselves, i.e.

1. interview
2. observation
3. action research
4. case studies
5. life histories
6. questionnaires
7. ethnographic research

Secondary sources are data that already exists

1. Previous research
2. Official statistics
3. Mass media products
4. Diaries
5. Letters
6. Government reports
7. Web information
8. Historical data and information

Collect your data and analyze it. Describe how you collected the data (observation, interviews, surveys).

Then, analyze the organizational culture along three dimensions:  artifacts, values, and underlying assumptions. Give examples of  behavior, speech, or symbols that illustrate your findings. This paper  should be 5-8 pages in length. Any data used (interviews, surveys,  websites, etc.) should be attached as appendices. You should use at  least 3 course resources. 

This assignment counts for 25% of your course grade 

Required References

http://www.cavanaughleahy.com/NewFiles/culturerefs2.htm 

https://www.thebalancecareers.com/how-to-understand-your-current-culture-1918811 

https://www.thercfgroup.com/files/resources/Defining-Culture-and-Organizationa-Culture_5.pdf 

Note: You can use additional references, however, please use the ones that I included as well. 3 course references are REQUIRED

Use a U. S Bank or credit union on the East Coast as an example, like Bank of America, Navy Federal Credit Union, M& T Bank

References and paper must be in APA format.

PAPER IS DUE 7/1/2020

 What are the objectives of a good mentoring system for international assignees? What mentoring activities support these objectives? What are characteristics of a good mentor? 

Please select a peer-reviewed article from the GU library on the topics for the current week. Analyze the article and correlate to your personal ethics assessment results. You are encouraged to share some specific examples of your assessment results to support your opinion. However, if you would like to keep your results private, you can speak to your results in general terms. 

Write a 3 page summary on your analysis of the article to your assessment results and how you believe this content has increased your ethical self-awareness. Please include alternatives, analysis, application, and action.

The assignment should be submitted as a Word document and APA format is required. The title page and reference page are not counted in the 3page requirement. 

Legal Reasoning and Employee Handbooks

Part 1: Apply the IRAC Formula to Sowards v. Norbar, Inc., 1992. Prepare and post a brief review of the issue, rule, analysis, and conclusion.

Part 2: Based on your understanding of Sowards v. Norbar, Inc., which depicts privacy and employee handbook issues, answer the following questions: 

• How might an effective employee handbook reduce litigation costs within an organization?
• How important for the HRM professional is understanding the mission and function of an organization? Why?
• When should an employee handbook be updated? Why?
• Who should be involved in the creation of the handbook? What should be considered?

Please follow the professor instructions because it can affect the grade. Pease watch out for spelling and grammar errors. Use the APA format. Make sure it is your own work.

Book Reference: Gomez-Mejia, L. R., Balkin, D. B., & Cardy, R. L. (2016). Managing human resources (8th ed.) [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780133953718 

 How will this course enhance your professional success? 

Your Critical Thinking assignment this week asks you to select metrics for project management purposes of either a home renovation or software upgrade project.

Discuss with your classmates:

• what purpose should be served by your choices,
• what units of measure you will use,
• how you will choose among financial, success-based, project-based, and project management process metrics.

Discuss which are most appropriate for the case: quantitative, practical, directional, actionable, financial, milestones, or success metrics and why.

APA FORMAT

1-2 PARAGRAPHS

REREFERENCES

 Employers have been coming up with innovative employee rewards to boost morale and acknowledge employee needs for creativity and personal goal accomplishment. Some of the latest potential employee rewards include using the Internet at work for personal reasons such as shopping, communicating with friends, or personal finances; bringing a pet to work; instituting a controlled napping policy, and the sports and office betting pools. 

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Determine how innovations in employee benefits can improve the overall competitive compensation strategy of the organization.
2. Explain how innovative benefits could be tied to specific jobs.
3. Critique the effectiveness of equity-based rewards systems versus those with more creative approaches.
4. Discuss the key elements of integrating innovation into a traditional total rewards program.
5. Recommend a process that optimizes an employee-based suggestion program to continually refresh the total rewards of the organization.
6. 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; 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:

• Analyze an organization’s strategy and integrate pay-for-performance plans and total rewards into a compensation strategy that will motivate desired behavior and improve job performance.
• Explain a benefit plan as part of an overall competitive compensation strategy and the policies to administer the benefits.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in total rewards.
• Write clearly and concisely about total rewards using proper writing mechanics.

I need the last portion of the paper to explore one research method that could be used in proposed study.

Describe performance appraisal standards.

Provide examples in his standards are used at Paton Fuller.

-include one reference 

-add speaker notes

3-4 slides not including references 

Read Case Study 6-2, “Classification of a Bargaining Subject,” on page 285 in your textbook, and answer the questions provided. 

Questions

1. What is a mandatory subject of bargaining? 
2. Can a union waive its right to bargain over a mandatory subject of bargaining? 
3. Would the established labor agreement apply to this case study? 
4. Was management’s refusal to bargain over the subject of surveillance camera usage in the workplace a violation of the duty to bargain in good faith under the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) as amended? If so, what should be the appropriate remedy? 
5. Discuss the merits of the parties’ respective positions in this case. 

Your response to these questions should be a minimum of 2 pages in length. Use APA format to cite and reference all quoted and paraphrased material, including your textbook. Please be sure to include your reference list on a separate page.