Assignment 2-8110

Submit: Annotation of a Qualitative Research Article

This week, you will submit the annotation of a qualitative research article on a topic of your interest. Narrative, ethnographic, grounded theory, case study, and phenomenology are examples of types of research designs or approaches used in qualitative research.

An annotation consists of three separate paragraphs that cover three respective components: summary, analysis, and application. These three components convey the relevance and value of the source. As such, an annotation demonstrates your critical thinking about, and authority on, the source topic. This week’s annotation is a precursor to the annotated bibliography assignment due in Week 10.

An annotated bibliography is a document containing selected sources accompanied by a respective annotation of each source. In preparation for your own future research, an annotated bibliography provides a background for understanding a portion of the existing literature on a particular topic. It is also a useful first step in gathering sources in preparation for writing a subsequent literature review as part of a dissertation.

Please review the assignment instructions below and click on the underlined words for information about how to craft each component of an annotation.

Please use the document “Annotated Bibliography Template with Example” for additional guidance.

It is recommended that you use the grading rubric as a self-evaluation tool before submitting your assignment.    

  • Annotate one qualitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
  • Provide the reference list entry for this article in APA Style followed by a three-paragraph annotation that includes:
  • Format your annotation in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced. A separate References list page is not needed for this assignment.

Warehousing and Storage Employees 1990-2019

Human–Machine Warehouse Workforce

Human–Machine Warehouse Workforce

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the warehousing and storage workforce has been steadily growing since 1990. It has nearly tripled since 1990. Occupations included in the calculations: truck and tractor operators, material movers, clerks, and managers.

Warehousing and Storage Employees 1990-2019

Average earnings and hours for production and nonsupervisory employees for October 2019 was $18.65 based on a 40-hour workweek with the vast majority working in the private sector. The BLS also updates statistics on work-related fatalities, injuries, and illnesses and compares them with other industries. Looking beyond the numbers, there is a growing literature that predicts worker displacement and management issues of frontline employees including technology shifts and workplace safety.

Module 1: Week 2 Discussion Background Readings

The Future of Warehouse Work: Technological Change in the U.S. Logistics Industry (2019)

What Impact Will Automation Have on Warehouse Workers? (2019)

Amazon’s Latest Warehouse Machine Demonstrates the Slow Drip of Automation (2019)

AI-Powered Robot Warehouse Pickers Are Now Ready to Go to Work (2020)

Opinion: How Will People Respond When Automation Changes Their Roles? (2020)

How to Manage the Human-Machine Workforce (2020)

Reveal’s Will Evans: Injuries in Amazon Warehouses Are Double the Industry Average (2019) (Video 5:49)

Amazon Robotics Funds App Measuring Warehouse Worker Health Risks (2019)

Fighting Warehouse Worker Fatigue with Wearables (2020)

‘Every Single Person Is Losing Money’: Shipt Is the Latest Gig Platform to Screw Its Workers (2020)

Discussing the changing landscape of warehouses/distribution centers is not complete without studying people working on the floor. Using this week’s background readings as a foundation, add at least one other recent resource as support. For your post focusing on the warehouse labor force:

  • Explain the type of training warehouse/distribution center workers will need in order to be successful in their jobs.
  • Based on research, provide information on the two most important human resource issues facing warehousing.
  • Using the resource beyond this week’s readings, provide a real-world example of a company (other than Amazon) that is finding success with its warehouse personnel as automation is added. (The article should be less than three years old. Challenge yourself to find a newer source since some of the issues faced three years ago have been addressed.)

HRM 517 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION

 

Project Charter 

You  have been hired to oversee the decentralization of your client’s human  resources function in which corporate functions will be relocated to  each regional office. Your boss wants you to start the project  immediately, but you are insisting that a project charter be established  first. Explain to your boss the importance of a project charter and  what could happen if you decided to proceed ahead without a charter. 

NOTE: MORE THAN ONE ANSWER POSTED CHOOSE ANY

Discussion #6: Assumptions

Observing the HCM:21 Model, the assumptions around HR’s purview within an organization requires a new paradigm and serious consideration throughout an organization’s leadership structure. In your estimation, what phase of the MCM:21 Model will require the greatest reset of assumptions, processes, and behaviors organizationally?

* 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.

* Please use at least two appropriate scholarly references formatted in the most current APA format.

Homework Question

 

Based on the information provided in the final project case study Maruti Suzuki India: Defending Market Leadership in the A-Segment (see your syllabus for information about purchasing this required case study), identify the data provided in the case study that is qualitative in nature and can be used to help answer your research question.

Select one or two tables of qualitative data and describe how it will support answering the research question. Be specific; describe the data you plan to use (i.e., reference the table number and title) and how it may help you to develop a research design (Milestone Two).

For additional details, please refer to the Module Four Journal Guidelines and Rubric PDF document.

Weekly Post #1

s the world continues to become more global because of technological advances, the risks will increase.  Choose one of the global risk areas: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, or technological. Then choose a specific issue related to the global risk area.

Describe the ethical issue.  

Evaluate how the risk could best be mitigated.

Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.

Use at least one scholarly or credible source.

#3

 

Read the following hypothetical problem. After analyzing the problem, describe what actions Supervisor Jan should take in addressing Jason’s request.

Jason works for a car rental agency. Part of his religious observance is to pray several times per day.  He approaches Supervisor Jan with a request for two additional 10-minute breaks per day in order to engage in prayer.

Instructions: Please write in essay format.  Include the guidance below in your analysis:
a) Set forth the federal statute and/or theories of law that are applicable.
b) Identify the legal issue(s) that exist.
c) Apply the facts of the case to the elements of the law/theories of law.
d) Cite a case in the text which is on point with the scenario, or compare and contrast with a case in the text.

assignment 5

 

Assignment 5 focuses on decision making, creative thinking and heuristics.  Few people realize how the way they think is often bounded by ideas that force them to limit their options and think, well, for lack of a better metaphor. inside the box.  Creative thinking isn’t something that you must be born with.  While talent helps, like all management skills, you can take what you have and make it even better with experience and practice.  This assignment provides students with a series of problems that are easily solvable except for the fact that the way people think often means they don’t see or never even consider solutions that are readily available.  The answers to these problems are in the attachment above. Take the time to try an solve these problems before looking at the solutions or at least make a serious attempt.  Doing so will make a much greater impression on thinking and enhance your problem solving skills and allow you to not only retain what you learn to a greater degree but enhance your ability to apply similar logic skills in the future. Students should attempt to solve the problems using their own reasoning skills before looking at the solutions.

The answers to the problems do not need to be included in your assignment submission. The expectation is that you will attempt to answer the questions on your own. I need to see your reasoned conclusions as to why people struggle to find answers to problems when the answer is not obvious or requires ‘outside the box’ thinking.

(While not required, having the following items on hand may help students think through some of the following problems: 12 toothpicks or pencils, 10 small circular objects like small coins or buttons, a pencil to write with, and for the last problem, two lollipops and a friend.)

PROBLEMS:

Problem 1.  A farmer approaches a river crossing while taking a ravenous dog, hungry goose and a bag of corn with him.  At the river, there is a very small skiff that will allow him to row himself and take one of the animals or the bag of corn across, one at a time.  How can he do that when the dog will eat the goose if left alone, just as the goose would eat the corn?  He must get himself and all three of his items (the dog, goose, and corn) across the river.  (Please note there is no tricking involved in any of these problems.  It can be done.)

Problem 2.  The following two scenarios are based on a real events.  A woman is driving across the desert, without a cell phone and has a flat tire in the pouring rain.  She manages to jack up the car and takes off the five lug nuts holding the wheel with the flat tire.  Just then, a flash flood washes the lug nuts away beyond recovery deep in the sand.  How can she get the car back on the road?

Problem 3.  Some friends are swimming together in a pond.  The area is residential and the pond is ringed with lawns and gardens being watered.  The pond is deep though and has a tangle of water plants growing at the bottom.  One of the friends becomes entangled in the pond plants, underwater, just a foot from the surface of the pool.  He is struggling desperately, but his friends realize they won’t be able to free him in time.  What else can the friends do?

Problem 4.  Arrange your 12 toothpicks or pencils into four squares.  Once you’re finished it should look something like a window or a tall plus sign, with a border on all sides.  Now remove two toothpicks/pencils from the figure you’ve made to form two perfect squares.  Do not touch any of the other toothpicks or pencils and the form left must be two squares, not rectangles and there should not be any leftovers or extraneous toothpicks or pencils.  Can you do it?

Problem 5.  Draw nine dots on a sheet of paper in three rows of three as shown below

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Now connect all nine dots with four straight lines without lifting your pencil off the paper.

Problem 6.  Take out your ten circular objects and form them into five straight rows of four objects each.  This may seem hard but it can be done so don’t give up too quickly.

Problem 7.  You have eight circular coins that all appear to be the same but one of them is not.  All weigh exactly the same save one.  Fortunately you have a balance scale that can tell you if one side weighs more than the other but you can only use it twice.  How can you be sure to find the coin that is different among the eight when you can only use the scale to twice?

Problem 8.  In front of you is a nice cylindrically shaped cake that looks, tastes and smells delicious.  You, and seven of your friends have been invited to eat it but before you do, you face a challenge.  You can only cut the cake three times and when you are done, you must have divided the cake into eight equal parts.  Can you do it or does the cake go uneaten?

Problem 9.  Take six of your toothpicks or pencils and lay three of them down to form a triangle.  Using the remaining three toothpicks or pencils to form three more triangles of the exact same shape and size so the you have four triangles in front of you.using only the six toothpicks or pencils.

Problem 10.  Finally, the last problem is a contest between you and your friend.  Take out the two lollipops and give one to your friend.  With the lollipops still wrapped both you and your friend will place your lollipops on a table in front of you.  Now, without using your hands or elbows or placing your mouth closer than six inches from the lollipop get the candy into your mouth. 

Once students have worked their way down through the list of problems, their task is to identify why finding solutions to problems or situations like these may seem challenging for many.  Your answer should be reasoned and thoughtful. Expressing your opinion is allowed provided you also have research to validate that opinion.

As a manager, your ability to look for solutions others overlook or reject out of hand can be one of the greatest assets you bring to an organization. 

Bonus Problem:  It is a dark and stormy night, and you”re driving in your sports car — a good looking little car–but with only two seats.  Suddenly by the side of the road, you see three people stranded at a bus stop.  One is a stranger who is having a heart attack at that very moment.  Another is a childhood friend who has often saved your life.  He has been begging to ride in your sports car.  The third person is the man or woman of your dreams.  It’s love at first sight.  You recognize that you’ve suddenly found your soul mate, who you may never see again.  You have just one empty seat in your car.  Who do you pick up?  Well you certainly owe a debt of gratitude to your friend but you should also pick up the stranger and save his life.  And what of romance?  As I say, you may never see the person of your dreams again.  What do you do?