Learning activity

Learning Activity: Creating a Severance Package

Completing this activity will help you prepare for the upcoming assignment in Week 7. Think of it as practice for the assignment. As such, focus on content, not formatting. Your paper should be no more than 1 to 2 pages in length.

For this activity:

  • Create a severance package for a separated employee in a fictitious company. 
    • At a minimum, include: 
      • Position differences.
      • Years of service.
      • Actual compensation amounts.
      • Any additional benefits that you want to add.
  • Determine whether severance pay is taxable.
  • Create a chart that depicts the timeline of the disbursement of the compensation. 
    • Use Microsoft Word or an equivalent application, such as OpenOffice.

Use at least one quality academic resource in this activity. Consider beginning with your course textbook and quality sources that can be found in the Strayer Library.

Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Week 4 discussion

Question 1:

Propose at least three general ways that HR can use competitive advantage in the marketplace to recruit new applicants.

  • What are some ways to recruit qualified candidates?
  • Has technology hindered or assisted the process?

Question 2:

Imagine that the CEO of your company (past, present, or future) has asked you to explain the importance of adding more funding to the organization’s talent management program. You have two minutes to convince the CEO that your ideas will add value and to allow you to expound on your ideas in a more formal follow-up presentation.

  • Briefly outline the key points of your strategy.

Homework Question

 

Read the following two cases: Ethical Issues in Using the Internet in Research—1 PDF and Ethical Issues in Using the Internet in Research—2 PDF. Address the following:

  • Identify three ethical issues that might arise in the conduct of the research present in the cases. For each, explain why it is an ethical issue and how it may pose a challenge in conducting the research.
  • Select one of the issues you identified and describe how you would address this issue to comply with both legal and professional standards of practice.

Homework Question

 For this small group discussion, assume the role of an HR professional who has been assigned the task of improving the success rate of your organization’s expatriate program.

Using what you read on pp. 11–13 of “Keys to Expatriate Success: A Toolkit for Diversity Management,” create a data-gathering tool you would use to audit the organization’s current expatriate process. This data would be used to develop recommendations for change to improve the success of the process. 

HRM (3) questions+ (3) paragraphs each= 9 paragraphs of COLLEGE LEVEL writing (I will dispute for refund for bad work)

Answer the following (3) questions.  Each question needs to be a minimum (3) paragraphs in length.  Each question must have (3) citations (1 from textbook provided and 2 from recent websites 2019/2020).  

Writing must be COLLEGE LEVEL, APA 7th Edition, proper citations, grammar, English etc.

  

Question #1

What are the differences between staffing in the private and public sectors?

Questions #2

How does mobility differ in organizations with innovative career paths?

Question #3

Do individuals making staffing decisions have an ethical responsibility to know the measurement issues? Why or why not?

boyer pages 1-47 critical outline

need critical outline and analysis 

IHP 525 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric Overview

 IHP 525 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric Overview: Your task is to help the organization answer their question by critically analyzing the data. You will run descriptive statistics and a statistical test, create a graph, interpret the results, and present the results and recommendations to non-technical decision makers in the form of a statistical report. Keep in mind that it is your job to do this from a statistical standpoint. Be sure to justify your conclusions and recommendations with appropriate statistical support. Prompt: In Milestone Three, you created a table listing the statistics you were going to complete to investigate your health question. In Milestone Four, you will actually complete these calculations. Specifically, you must address these critical elements: A. Graphs: In this section, you will use graphical displays to examine the data. 1. Create at least one graph that gives a sense of the potential relationship between the two variables that form your chosen health question. Include the graph and discuss why you selected it as opposed to others. B. Conduct an appropriate statistical test to answer your health question. C. Explain why this test is the best choice in this context. D. Analysis of Biostatistics: Use this section to describe your findings from a statistical standpoint. Be sure to: 1. Present key biostatistics from the graph(s) and statistical test and explain what they mean. Be sure to include a spreadsheet showing your work or a copy of your StatCrunch output as an appendix. 2. What statistical inferences or conclusions can you draw based on the results of your statistical test, descriptive statistics and graph? Justify your response. 

responses

Discussion 10

CLASSMATE 1

Why is strategic planning and goal setting critical to an organization?

Change can be challenging within organizations. It is vital for leaders and organizations to have a plan developed in the event that challenges arise. It is not wise for leaders and organizations to wait until the challenge arises before knowing what to do. However, it will be beneficial for leaders and organizations to plan ahead.

Strategic planning can provide organizations with a set of concepts, procedures, and tools that are developed to assist in accomplishing the identified tasks (Bryson, 2004, 2010). Strategic planning is essential to organizations, as disclosed above. Strategic planning can be an essential factor that contributes to leaders remembering the mission, vision, objectives, and goals of the organization. The needs of an organization may change. As the need changes, leaders want to ensure that they are in a position to adhere to the needs. Manning (2020) identified three fundamental stages of strategic planning. The stages are establishing strategic direction, enhancing management and organizational capacities, and inspiring long-term change in the organization’s performance. The first stage consists of reevaluating the mission and purpose, assessing, and prioritizing the issues at hand, and developing strategies that will be beneficial to the organization in the future (Manning, 2020). The second stage entails organizations having a stronger foundation and improvements within the organization. The last stage involves the effective functioning of the organization shifting. The shift within the organization will be beneficial as it will produce great results. With strategic planning being the foundation of an organization, I believe it is also critical to develop goals.

As with strategic planning, goal setting is quite imperative. Having an established goal and identified objectives to achieve are essential. Goals are the driving force of a strategic plan. I like to envision a strategic plan as the vehicle and a goal as the driver. You can have a vehicle, however, if there is no driver, then the vehicle will not move. Meaning without the goal, it is hard to push forth the strategic plan.  Both, the strategic plan, and goal is essential factors that are critical to the success of an organization. Without those factors, it can be hard to navigate the organization in a pivotal direction.

Bryson, J. 2004. Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations: A Guide for

Strengthening and Sustaining Organizational Achievement. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 

Bryson, J. 2010. “The Future of Public and Nonprofit Strategic Planning in the United 

States.” Public Administration Review 70 (S1): S255–67, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02285.x.

Manning, S. R. (2020). Strategic Planning in Emergency Management: Evaluating the Impacts

on Local Program Quality. Journal of Homeland Security & Emergency 

Management17(3), 1–37. https://doi-org.ezproxylocal.library.nova.edu/10.1515/jhsem-

2019-0051

CLASSMATE 2

Discussion 10

Topic: Why are strategic planning and goal setting critical to an organization?

Strategic planning and goal setting are critical to organizations as it demonstrates what employees should focus on and it assists leaders in prioritizing tasks. Richardson (2014) reported that, “an organization that is growing and hopes to sustain that growth needs a set of strategies to guide its program development, build a solid financial foundation, and prepare for challenges that lie ahead”. More specifically, an organization must have strategies formulated to assist in determining productive future, within the organization. “Strategy may be thought of as a pattern of purposes, policies, programs, projects, actions, decisions, or resource allocations that defines what an organization (or other entity) is, what it does, and why it does it” (Bryson, 2011). The development and implementation of a strategy can further assist the organization in carrying out their mission and vision. “Strategies should be formulated that can be adopted in politically acceptable, technically and administratively workable, results-oriented, and legally, ethically and morally defensible form” (Bryson, 2011). An effective formulated strategy can aid companies in dealing with the many issues that arise, within the organization. 

In regards to an organization developing and supporting the sustainability of their strategic plan, Richardson (2014) states “to ensure that your plan is and remains ever present in the minds of your staff, volunteers, and other stakeholders, your governing committee (or its equivalent) should be tasked with monitoring progress toward the goals and objectives laid out in the plan”. The author also mentioned that the setting of directions and the act of monitoring those directions are the responsibility of the board. “Instead, the board as a whole should review the plan at regular intervals and, if necessary, suggest adjustments to keep the organization on track” (Richardson, 2014). Things are always changing within an organization Therefore, it is vital for the company to re-evaluate their business strategies to see if the current plan is working and/or needs modifications. “Strategies may need to be maintained, superseded by other strategies, or terminated for one reason or another” (Bryson & Alston, 2011). This review is significant in that it assists the organization in utilizing current strategies and lessons learned to continue building organizational success.

Bryson, J.M. (2011). Strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations: A guide to strengthening and sustaining organizational achievement. (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Richardson, C. (2014). Strategic planning: five steps to a more secure future. Retrieved from philanthropynewsdigest.org/columns/the-sustainable-nonprofit/strategic-planning-five-steps-to-a-more-secure-future

BA

Instructions

In this class, we view BA as an outgrowth of the project management process. However, BA is a diverse field with many different professional organizations, gurus, and processes. One fundamental area of difference is the basic process of BA. Our text uses the flow adopted by PMI:

  • Needs Assessment
  • Analysis Planning
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Monitoring
  • Solution Evaluation

Other potential process flows are seen in the following links:

  • Bajobs.ca. (2018). Business analysis process guide in 7 stages. Retrieved from https://www.bajobs.ca/en/tools-and-resources/business-analysis-process-guide-7-stages/
  • Prakash, T. (2018). Business analysis process flow. Retrieved from https://www.glowtouch.com/business-analysis-process-flow/
  • The Business Analyst Job Description. (2018). Learn how to do ‘business analysis’ in 6 processes. Retrieved from https://thebusinessanalystjobdescription.com/business-analysis/

Evaluate the possible processes above and others you may find. 

Describe any advantages or disadvantages, and generate a process flow that you would support for an industry in which you have experience. 

A complete analysis will include an evaluation of at least three formats and a process flow with sufficient justification – 3 or 4 pages.

  • Basu, S. (2018). How to create stunning flowcharts with microsoft word. Retrieved from http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-stunning-flowcharts-microsoft-word/
  • Hebb, N. (2018). How to create a flowchart in microsoft word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. Retrieved from http://www.breezetree.com/articles/how-to-flowchart-in-word.htm

one page benefits

 Instruction:

  • Write a page on an article that discusses the benefits of a BA certification and evaluate its described benefits.
    • Include the URL.
  • Compare the stated benefits with a focus on the differences between professional organizations).  Based on your career goals, which certification might be most helpful to you?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.