Employee Safety & Global Human Resource Management – 450 Words

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Discussion post

Employee Safety, Health, and Wellness 

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the nature and role of safety, health, and wellness.
  2. Discuss workplace safety programs.
  3. Summarize the problems associated with workplace bullying and violence.
  4. Discuss the negative effects of employee stress and burnout.
  5. Explain substance abuse, describe substance-abuse-free workplaces, and how to implement a dug-testing program.
  6. Describe employee wellness programs and    employee assistance programs.

Global Human Resource Management

Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss the evolution of global business and the context of global human resource management.
  2. Summarize global staffing practices.
  3. Describe global performance management and human resource development practices.
  4. Discuss global compensation practices
  5. Explain global safety, health, and employee and labor relations.
  6. Discuss globalization issues for small to medium-sized businesses.
  7. Why is it economically beneficial to maintain workplaces that are safe, healthy, and drug-free?
  8. As an HR professional, what arguments could you provide to convince top management to support the establishment of a safety program?
  9. Discuss the relationship between alcohol abuse and stress. As an HR professional, why is it important to recognize the warning signs of both?

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 

Can someone do my Week 4 Discussions 1 & 2, comments and the three assignments in Principles in Managerial Accounting?

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Discussion 1

 

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the articles Who Needs Budgets?, Traditional Budgeting vs. Beyond Budgeting (Links to an external site.) in the Financial Planning page of the CFO Edge website, and Traditional Budgeting Versus Beyond Budgeting: A Literature Review (Links to an external site.).

In the words of GE’s legendary ex-CEO Jack Welch, Jack Welch, “The budgeting process at most companies has to be the most ineffective practice in management. It sucks the energy, time, fun, and big dreams out of an organization (…) [and] brings out the most unproductive behaviors (…)” (Welch & Welch, 2005, p. 189).

Some argue that the purposes of budgeting can be achieved without the conventional budgeting process. These companies espouse an idea called beyond budgeting that proposes to replace annual budgets with rolling forecasts of key performance indicators (Hope & Fraser, 2003). Others disagree, pointing out that the work of continuous planning is costlier than budgeting and that doing something continuously tends to make the process superficial.

So, the jury is still out. But so far, GE still prepares budgets! Discuss in an initial post of 200 words whether the controversial concept of beyond budgeting is a better approach for financial planning and analysis (FP&A) than traditional budgeting.

Discussion 2

 

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, please read the Budget of the United States Government (Links to an external site.).

Congress is responsible for creating the federal government’s annual budget. For agencies and their programs to be funded, Congressional authorization committees must pass, and the President must sign, all 12 authorization bills by September 30—the last day of the current fiscal year—so the country can have a new budget in time for the start of the next fiscal year (USA.gov, n.d.).

Access the Government Publishing Office (Links to an external site.) to obtain Historical Budgetary Tables following the steps below:

  • Click on the link to access the Budget of the United States Government (Links to an external site.)
  • Click on the “Fiscal Year 2018” link
  • Scroll down and select “Historical Tables”
  • Obtain the .xls (Excel) file format of Table 1.1 and Table 1.2 to complete the two requirements below:
    • Table 1.2 shows the budget of Surpluses or Deficits (–) as Percentages of gross domestic product (GDP). Determine how many times since 1950 the budget has shown a surplus and how many times it has shown a deficit using the data in the Total column, “Surplus or Deficit.” Also, identify the 3 years with the highest deficits, and the year with the highest surplus as a as a percentage of GDP. What were the surplus and deficit percentages for these years?
    • Table 1.1 shows the budget Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits (–) from 1789–2022. Identify whether the highest deficits incurred in the identified years from Table 1.2 were paid with tax revenues (receipts) or borrowed funds (outlays). Discuss how the government gets money and where the government spends money on.
  • Click on the “Fiscal Year 2018” link, scroll down and obtain the PDF file for “Major Savings and Reforms” to complete the last requirement. The Major Savings and Reforms volume describes major savings and reform proposals included in the 2018 President’s Budget.
    • Discuss major discretionary budget eliminations. Why is it important that government budgets accurately estimate future revenues during economic downturns?

homework

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Which party (union or management) would likely be in a stronger position to bargain for its preferred wage outcome under the following conditions, and why? 

  • high profits, an expanding market share, a healthy economy, and the cost of living rising less than two percent per year 
  • low profits, stagnant sales growth, uncertain economic conditions, and a projected four percent annual rise in cost of living 

Your response to these questions should be a minimum of 1 page 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.

Competitive Advantage

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I’m paying a good price with a generous due date. Please provide a quality paper with the following guidelines:

1. Write your response as a future article for a local news page (for either a newspaper or as an article on a website).

2. Discuss what is meant by competitive advantage. 

3. Refer to examples of ways organizations create competitive advantage. 

4. Identify a specific real-life organization’s competitive advantage and determine what role HR plays in that process.

Four (4) page news article that’s relative to human resource management. Include tables, graphics, and/or other visuals.

Including a cover page, list of references, strong introduction and conclusion.

strayer week 2 discussion

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1-2 paragraphs

apa format

references 

Step 1 – Read the Information Below

Organizations from time to time must make hard decisions (expand, lay off employees, or close a facility). As a manager, you will have to use work experiences, advice from supervisors, and the organizational culture to support your decision. Organizational culture is the sum of the values and beliefs shared among employees.

Suppose you are a manager who is faced with having to reduce headcount (lay off one of your two employees) in your unit. Sales within the company have declined due to the downward spiral of the economy and each department within the organization is faced with making the same decision. Fortunately, you only have to cut one job; others are reducing more.

  • Mary is in her mid-20s, single, college graduate, she is very hard working and was in the top 10% of the performance ratings this year, she constantly volunteers to travel, work weekends and evenings. However, she supports political causes that could be viewed as contrary to the goals of the company.
  • Alice is in her mid-40s, has two young children, her husband is a doctor, her performance is good, and she has above average performance reviews. However, she has limited availability on weekends and limitations on overnight travel due to her volunteer work with local charities.

Step 2 – Post a Response

Respond to the following:

  • As a manager who would you select to layoff and why?
  • What is the potential impact of this choice on organizational culture?

Human Resources Organization

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Congratulations! You have been hired as the first director of human resources (HR) for your organization. You will create this fictional organization, which will then be used in this assignment and future assignments.

For this assignment, complete the steps listed below.

  • First, begin with an introduction that provides the name and basic description of your fictional organization. Include the location (city and state), type of industry, and number of employees.
    • The organization must have 20 or more employees.
    • It must be an organization where unionization and globalization are possible.
  • Second, explain the importance of equal employment opportunity as you see it through your eyes as the HR director. Why is it important to have up-to-date knowledge about federal laws against discrimination?
  • Third, select three federal or state discrimination laws that you consider to be important for your organization.
  • Next, evaluate the laws and why you selected the laws that you chose.
  • Provide a summary of the total amount of charge statistics in your organization’s state that are related to the three laws you described.
  • Finally, develop a brief nondiscrimination policy for your organization. Ensure that it reflects what you must do to prevent discriminatory practices at your organization. Be sure it contains all recommended requirements discussed in the unit lesson.

Your project should be a minimum of three pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. You must use at least three sources to support your project. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, and make certain to include in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

2 responses

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CLASSMATE 1

Discussion 7

Topic: Why must a leader be an expert in dealing with politics?

Leaders should be experts because governmental decisions impact individual and organizational agendas. For example, I work in the field of behavioral and mental health. Russel et al. (2016) explained that mental health counselors and social workers are core members of interdisciplinary team. More specifically, along with psychologist, each member of the interdisciplinary team collaborates for the greater good of servicing the client. However, one of the political culture issues behavioral healthcare professionals face, in many states, is the act of being selected second to social workers. Many clinicians and therapists can attest to countlessly having to advocate for their profession. Mental health counseling and social work share some similarities, but there are many differences as well. Mental health counselors are theoretically and clinically trained to assist individuals with mental health concerns. Social workers can counsel clients, but they’re more rooted in case management services. Those services are, predominantly, deal with the client’s current concerns. Whereas, mental health counselors help clients explore previous experiences and instances that may contribute to current concerns. Therefore, social workers are chosen because their services are not as time consuming as mental health counselors. This act is not in the best interest of the client, because many mental health concerns are not a quick fix. This pressing issue is a burden as mental illness is not receiving the appropriate acknowledgment, policy attention, or funding as it should (Tomlinson & Lund, 2012).

The aforementioned holds true to my state. Of course, many of my clients can benefit from the services that are provided by social workers. However, in my state, they address the “here and now”. The unfortunate thing is that the client’s present concerns stems from past experiences. Therefore, more time is needed to address those concerns. In the eyes of most governmental officials, more time means more money. As a result, many individuals who cannot afford the treatment they need are forced to receive whatever government officials deem necessary. Hence, the reason leaders should be knowledgeable in the area of politics. Governmental decisions can impact their organization. 

Russell, H. F., Richardson, E. J., Bombardier, C. H., Dixon, T. M., Huston, T. A., Rose, J., Ullrich, P. M. (2016). Professional standards of practice for psychologists, social workers, and counselors in SCI rehabilitation. The journal of spinal cord medicine, 39(2), 127–145. doi:10.1080/10790268.2015.1119966

Tomlinson M., & Lund, C. (2012). Why Does Mental Health Not Get the Attention It Deserves? An Application of the Shiffman and Smith Framework. PLoS Med 9(2): e1001178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001178

CLASSMATE 2 

Having a leadership role is a major responsibility. Leaders want to ensure that they are well capable of being versatile. Having the ability to be flexible and balanced can assist leaders with being able to function and lead in any situation. It is vital for employees to feel secure in their leadership. One of the character traits needed to lead is critical thinking. Critical thinking skills can assist leaders in being able to make effective decisions. The ability to make effective decisions is imperative as conflict may arise within the organization. Leaders want to ensure that when making decisions within the organization, they are not just basing it on their personal agenda, but rather basing it on the benefit of the organization. It is imperative for leaders to avoid letting their political views or politics get in the way of effective leadership.

Brierton (2016) defined politics as the use of power to influence decision-making by implementing policies and laws in order to control resources. I believe it is important for leaders to be an expert in politics so he or she can know the ends and outs of politics. However, I do feel that just because you know politics does not mean you have to engage in that behavior. Being an expert of politics in leadership also grants the leader power to influence others. Leaders want to ensure that they are able to lead others and influence them, however, in the right direction. Knowing how to make moves as a leader would be an important factor. As I previously mentioned in the above paragraph, making decisions that would benefit the organization. This would include implementing policies and procedures that align with the organization’s vision and mission, for the benefit of the organization. It is important for leaders to be well rounded, dependable, an innovator, and an effective decision-maker. Operating out of a spirit of political power can be a downfall within an organization, depending on the situation, and how it was resolved.

Bolman, L.G. & Deal, T.E. (2017). Reframing Organizations, (6th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 

Brierton, J. T. (2016). Ethics and politics in school leadership : finding common ground. Rowman & Littlefield.

Training and Development: Unit IV Assessment

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Unit IV Assessment

1. What features should come with a good training site?  Your response must be at least 75 words in length.

2. What is the difference between summative and formative evaluations? Your response must be at least 75 words in length.

3. Identify three new technologies used for training. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each in regard to learning. Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

4. What are the three traditional training methods? Detail the advantages and disadvantages of each in regard to learning. Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Collective Bargaining: Unit VIII Assessment

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Unit VIII Assessment

1. By what means can collective bargaining agreements be enforced? Discuss the five principles that govern the arbitration of grievances under collective bargaining. What measures are utilized in non-union environments? Your response should be at least 300 words in length.

2. How does an arbitrator determine that a company had just cause for taking a disciplinary action? What remedy might an arbitrator choose if a company did not have just cause? Will the process be different if the organization does not have union representation? If so how? Your response should be at least 300 words in length.

Employment Law: Unit III Journal, Unit III PowerPoint Presentation, Unit IV Journal, Unit IV Scholarly Activity

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Unit III Journal

Instructions

Discuss the Hardison case outlined in the textbook, pp. 211-213, and include whether you agree or disgree with the court’s ruling in this case. Describe reasonable accommodations. Support your decision, and discuss the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit III PowerPoint Presentation

Instructions

Create a PowerPoint presentation that you might deliver to administration on the following topic: 

Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment 

In the presentation, you need to explain federally prohibited gender discrimination, sexual harassment in the workplace, and the role of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Also, discuss affirmative action plans your company may institute. The purpose of the presentation is to educate administration on prevention and detection of workplace discrimination. Provide a transcript of what you might say for each slide in the notes section. 

The PowerPoint should have at least 10 slides, not including a title slide with the title and your name and a reference slide(s) with five to seven references (citing at least two from the CSU Online Library). It should follow APA style for citing and referencing. 

See the CSU Writing Center’s tutorial linked below regarding PowerPoint Best Practices for assistance. 

PowerPoint Best Practices

Unit IV Journal

Instructions

What are some examples of age discrimination under the Age Discrimination Employment Act? Discuss when age can be a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ). As the head of human resources, what recommendations would you have to prevent your company from violating this act? 

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit IV Scholarly Activity

Instructions

You are the resource manager of Blue Bell Freight, a large trucking company. You have just hired a new driver, Shirley Williams. Shirley is of African American descent. The company did a physical on her as a new hire. The company nurse informed you that she has lupus. You are concerned that her health may affect her driving ability. Write a memo to the CEO describing your legal concerns and applicable statutes and laws concerning discrimination. What course of action do you advise the CEO to take, and why? Consider affirmative action policies in your response. 

Your memo should be at least one full page, follow APA guidelines, and cite at least one reference.