Professor Development

Select 2-3 of the journal questions located on the LHRD 4804 Professional Development Internship Instructions and answer them.

Make sure your submitted word document has a heading at the top including your name, course number, and date. Your journal entry should be no less than one page (as measured by Microsoft Word, Times New Roman 12 point font.) You are required to keep a copy of this journal entry. 

Paper due Sunday Morning

Format. Two sources must be from the articles I attached. This is due Sunday Morning at 10am EST.

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What do you think is the most important step in hazard mitigation planning? Why? Is it apparent that your community has utilized this step as effectively as possible? Share any experiences you have in the hazard mitigation planning process that support your thoughts. 

assignment 10/9

 Explain the elements and concepts of Kaizen, Kanban and JIT (Just-in-Time). How does they relate to Lean production? Also you will explain and give an example of Lean systems that can be applied into your daily life. 

2. Develop a flowchart and cause-and-effect diagrams for the followings: 

a. A flowchart of the process you use to study for an exam. How might you improve this process? 

b. A cause-and-effect diagrams of ‘late for work or school’. Explaining involved steps or/and related factors in details. 

3. A large hospital identified the following strategic priorities:

 – Patient safety 

– Few hassles for patients and families 

– Workforce well-being 

– Operational efficiency 

6 PT1

After viewing this unit’s video Top 10 Moments: Volunteering at 52 Different Nonprofits in a Single Year, identify which of the top 10 moments list motivated or spoke to you and why. Share a volunteer opportunity in which you currently participate or wish to participate. What is the mission of this organization you chose, and why is volunteering with them important to you? 

Because I said I would. (2015, January 5). Top 10 moments: Volunteering at 52 different nonprofits in a single year    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3TIgSJQGso

DISCUSSION POST – WEEK 3

6 DISCUSSION POST DUE SATURDAY OCTOBER 10TH AT 4PM EST.

CHAPTER 6 is for discussion 3

Module 3 for discussion 6

reflection

1. Reflection #2 – Inspire a Shared Vision 

o LC – Ch 5-6, p.93-142

§ LC – Ch05 – Envision the Future

· Leadership Vision – 

o What percentage of time is focused on the future, imaging possibilities?

o How does future envisioning take place? Evolve to actual reality?

§ LC – Ch06 – Enlist Others

· Leadership Enlistment –

o With amount of time a modern General Manager spends responding to e-mails and analyzing a plethora of reports and data leaves little time to focus human interactions. Is this how GM’s want to operate and what can be done to change this?

o How does one articulate and encourage constituents to “buy-in” to a shared vision?

o What happens when constituents don’t buy-in to a shared vision?

o EO – Ch 3, p. 65-86

§ EO – Ch03 – Believe

· How can leaders align the immediate tactical mission to the overall strategic goals? What are the expected obstacles to doing this?

Human Resource

  • Explain which HRIS types your current or previous employer utilizes.
  • If your current or previous organization does not utilize a HRIS, which types would you recommend? How does the utilization of those systems promote transformational HR activities?

Human Resource – What is the difference between assessment and development centers?

In 1-page single space, answer the following

1 – What is the difference between assessment and development centers?

2- Which center would you use to assess competency?

3 – which center would you use to assess training needs?

4 – which center would you use to assess a candidate’s potential?

CASE SCENARIO

 This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin®.Instructions

You are the Employee Relations Specialist for a national retail company with locations across the United States. The nearly 500 company employees are diverse in terms of age and demographic differences. Your primary work location is Southeast Pennsylvania. Recently, the employees in the mid-Atlantic region, managed by Kristopher Kolumbus, have expressed dissatisfaction with the work environment. There are approximately 125 employees in the mid-Atlantic region. Their specific concerns include receiving small pay raises for the past 2 – 3 years, limited employee benefits, lack of career mobility and progression, and heightened security controls implemented due to theft concerns. There has been recent talk among the employees about the possibility of unionization, and some workers have begun exploring options such as United Food & Commercial Workers International Union and the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Before either of these unions will send an organizer to the organization, it wants to be sure that sufficient employees will back union representation. Some employees have started company-wide communication to increase interest in unionization.

As the Employee Relations Specialist, it is your responsibility to ensure that supervisors and managers follow the rules regarding a union organizing campaign. In response to this potential campaign, you decide to take some initial actions and prepare several documents to share with your boss, the Director of Human Resources: [You must use the underlined headings as separate discussion areas in your paper and in the order provided below. -.5pt if fail to do this.]

Late penalties: Paper is due by due date. There will be no extensions granted for this paper. 

This paper will require outside of the class room research to fully address all questions. 

  • A summary email to the Director of Human Resources describing the issues and what actions you are taking (which includes the below items)
  • A one-page memo to all managers and supervisors indicating what they can and cannot do during any union organizing effort.
  • An email to your human resource colleagues about actions the HR team should consider in response to some of the concerns raised by the Mid-Atlantic Region employees
  • An outline for a meeting to be held between Human Resources and the organization’s leadership team regarding the organizing effort.

Each document must be double-space, Times New Roman font 12, and APA format. Paper must be in narrative format, not bullets. [in word document not pdf] -.5pt if fail in any of these formatting requirements.