I need this discussion done for week 2 for my Recruit, Develop, Assess, Reward, Retain class

 

How to Hire

Patty McCord writes: “Making great hires is about recognizing great matches – and often they’re not what you’d expect.”

In your experience, does this quote ring true? Describe an example of a hire you were involved in that supports your position. You may have been the HR recruiter, the hiring manager, part of an interview team, or the candidate. Explain clearly what made the hire expected or unexpected. 

In addition, comment on whether or not the workforce strategy of your organization aligns with the mission. If not, what can they do differently?

Challenges faced by small companies to create an efficient job classification system in which they can compete with other larger companies to attract, recruit, and retain highly talented employees.

Write 7-page single space using the executive summary below, and  reference the attached materials. You may have attachments in the  addendum (create a salary grid from a reputable job, or a job  classification family table. You may use APA or MLA format for citation.  TURNITIN IS USED FOR PLAGIARISM. 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Identify the Problem and Stakeholders

Job classification is the process of placing one or more jobs into a cluster or family of similar jobs. The jobs family is based on lines of authority, duties, and responsibilities of the work or behavioral requirements of the job. Job classification can be important for setting pay rates and selecting employees. Small companies are facing challenges more than ever before. Small companies used to serve local community in the past and that was kind of sufficient for those companies to survive. Nowadays, massive companies are dominating the market and extending to even small neighborhoods that used to be served by small companies. There is then a challenge for those small companies to recruit highly talented employees and create a job classification system in which they can compete with other larger companies. HR professional play a crucial role in creating the job classification systems that those small companies need. Position classification is the foundation document used to assign a position’s title, job duties, compensations, and grade level. Since small companies do not have a wide range of job that can be classified under the same jobs family, they face challenge as each job maybe considered a unique job. 

The impact of this touches employers and employees together as they each need to have a well-defined list of duties and responsibilities. The job classification sets the expectation for both parties and allows for a smooth task to be carried in workplace. 

The paper will finally discuss in details those challenges and how small companies can classify their jobs in order to compete with larger companies who have a more designed system for job classification. 

Research Methodology

For the purpose of this research, two methods, questionnaire and interview will be the first methods to use. Market research about small companies challenge to create job classifications comes third as well as journals from human resource subject will compliment the information needed for the entire research. 

Different Alternatives

Job analysis will be conducted in order to determine what can classified as family job and hence have the chance to create a classification system for those jobs. Also, standardizing the classification based on the job requirements and automate most of the tasks will make easy to classify a job and list the requirements. The use of duties as a mode of analysis may be helpful for such functions as job evaluation and classification or creation of job families. Small companies should strive to create a classification system that simultaneously treats the essential attributes of both jobs and people. Other alternatives based on market research will be in the paper as well.

Review Alternatives

The feasibility of the alternatives will be reviewed in the paper, and each will be given a weight as to how easily it can be implemented. The information used to evaluate the alternatives will be based on researching the market and finding more about how small companies deal with job classification and how they can create a reliable system for the same. 

Final Recommendation

The final recommendation is choosing one of the alternatives as the most appropriate method or creating a job classification based on using information from all alternatives presented. 

PRACTICAL CONNECTION – HRM 500 Words

Syllabus

Human Resource Management: An Overview        

Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Sustainability 

Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Workforce Diversity

Strategic Planning, Human Resource Planning, and Job Analysis

Recruitment 

Selection

Performance Management and Appraisal 

Training and Development

Direct Financial Compensation (Monetary Compensation) 

Indirect Financial Compensation (Employee Benefits) 

Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining 

Internal Employee Relations

Employee Safety, Health, and Wellness 

Global Human Resource Management

Assignment: 

Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment, To a role “Product Manager”

Ensure Product manager responsibilities is captured and related to the topics – syllabus mentioned above 

For example,

Roles of product Manger –  involves bridging gaps between different functions within the company and aligning all of the teams involved — namely marketing, sales, and customer support.

Syllabus subject- Global Human Resource Management- how it is related to my role. Leading people from different work zones, understanding cultural differences. Attaining the goal of the project. Refer to last 5 years of papers and reference them as well

Requirements:

  • Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.
  • Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited. Use last 5 year of peer reviewed articles 
  • Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.
  • Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment “Product Manager”. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment. 
  • You should NOT, provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace. 

3 page essay use at least 2 scholarly source

 

  1. Choose five U.S. government policies that affect trade with foreign nations. Identify three factors of production, and describe how their mobility is good or bad for U.S. trade
  2. Distinguish between absolute advantage and comparative advantage trade theories and give examples
  3. Choose either the TPP or the T-TIP free trade agreement and describe which other countries have signed on and why the U.S. Senate should ratify or not ratify the agreement. Also, explain how regional trading groups influence organizations.

pm asmnt5

  Please complete the following work from the chapters listed below in your textbook. Show detailed work in your submittal and create this in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Project (Time New Roman or Arial, font 11 or 12) document(s) as required; draw any diagrams and/or cut-and-paste screen captures into ONE Microsoft Word document Use your textbook, lecture notes, Powerpoints and chat discussions from the appropriate Unit/Chapter to complete this assignment:

Chapter 6

  • Read, list and discuss:
  1. The stages of group development
  2. Types of conflicts
  3. Types of negotiation

Chapter 7

Discussion Questions

1.        1.Do you agree with the following statement: “With proper planning it is possible to eliminate most/all risks from a project.”  Why or why not?

Problem

  1.  Assessing Risk and Benefits.  Suppose you are a member of a project team that is evaluating the bids of potential contractors for developing some sub-assemblies for your project.  Your boss makes it clear that any successful bid must demonstrate a balance between risk and price.  Explain how this is so; specifically, why are price and risk seen as equally important but opposite issues in determining the winner of the contract?  Is a low price/high risk bid acceptable?  Is a high price/low risk bid acceptable?  Why or why not?

Chapter 8

Discussion Questions (DQ):

  1. Why is cost estimation such an important component of project planning?  Discuss how it links together with the Work Breakdown Structure and project schedule?
  2. Think of an example of parametric estimating in your personal experience, such as the use of a cost multiplier based on a similar, past cost.  Did parametric estimating work or not.  Discuss the reasons why.
  3. Would you prefer the use of bottom-up or top-down budgeting for project cost control?  What are the advantages and disadvantages with each approach?

Problem:

  1. Calculate the direct cost of labor for a project team member using the following data:

Hourly rate:                 $35/hr.

Hours needed:             150

Overhead rate:             55%

        2. Assume that overhead is charged on a flat rate basis.Each member of the project is assigned an overhead charge of $150/week.What would the direct cost of labor be for an employee, given that she is  assigned to the project for 200 hours at $10.50/hour?

        3. It took MegaTech, Inc. 100,000 labor-hours to produce the first of several oil drilling rigs for Antarctic exploration.Your company, Natural Resources, Inc. has agreed to purchase the fifth oil drilling rig from their manufacturing yard. Assume that                          MegaTech experiences a learning rate of 80%.At a labor rate of $35 per hour, what should you, as the purchasing agent expect to pay for the fifth unit?Remember, the simplified formula for calculating learning rate time is given as:

TN = T1C

Where TN = Time needed to produce the Nth unit

      T1        = Time needed to produce the first unit

                  C         = Learning curve coefficient

Self-Study

Discussion 02: Healthcare Dilemma

 HA3300D – Healthcare Policy and Ethics

Discussion 02: Healthcare Dilemma

 

Revisit the ethical dilemma you identified in Learning Activity 2. In 3 – 4 complete sentences, discuss the event or situation, what the outcome was, and how it was addressed (or if it was addressed).

Next, consider: What ethical theories and theorists were most “at play” in this situation? That is, in this situation, which theories would help someone the most with making an ethical decision? Which theories seem to have influenced the decisions the major actors made?

Finally, reflect: After this week’s reading and activities, has your thinking about how you would handle this situation changed? If so, how and why? If not, why not?

Your initial post should be 8 – 10 sentences in length and include an APA-style references list.

Discussion Post

How much power should the courts have in affecting the relationship between employers and employees? This country was built on the philosophy of Laissez Faire…. leave them alone. Under that philosophy, we built railroads, skyscrapers and a vast industrial economy that has made us the envy of the industrial world. Entrepreneurs were able to get rich or go broke based on their own talent and luck, and workers could choose their professions and become successful by their own hard work.

On the other hand, entrepreneurs became fabulously wealthy on the backs on the workers. Miners were routinely killed in dangerous mining conditions so the owners could become even wealthier. There was a case in the 1920’s in which a young boy was required to work late at night cleaning machines. He spilled a little cleaning fluid, and it dripped on a mouse hiding under the machine. The mouse ran under a gas radiator. The flame of the radiator caused the mouse to catch on fire, and it ran under the machine which blew up due to the flammable fluid being used to clean. The boy was killed; The employer hired another boy to take his place. No, I didn’t make that up.

Under what circumstances, and to what degree, should the government be able to step in and dictate the relationship between an employer and employee?

Discussion 2.2: RFP or RFI?

 

 HA3220D – Health Information Systems 

Discussion 2.2: RFP or RFI?

Sandy is a healthcare director for Liverty Hospital. The facility is looking to implement a new data tracking system for customer service. The purpose of the system is to help monitor information on patient satisfaction to provide better quality of services. Sandy is trying to decide between three different systems.

Should Sandy submit a request for proposal (RFP) or request for information (RFI) to each of the three vendors? (You may wish to perform an internet search for additional information.) What information or questions should Sandy include in the document she sends? Explain your reasoning and discuss the importance of understanding both documents in the process of selecting a health information system.

Discussion Post with 2 References

Discuss how a safety and health professional should proceed when faced with an employee who thinks he or she has AIDS.

P3

 

Project

The project assignment provides a forum for analyzing and evaluating relevant topics of this week on the basis of the course competencies covered.

Introduction

Decision making and producing results are two responsibilities of any leader. As you continue to develop as a leader, you will be tasked with more situations where decision making and results will be a larger part of your evaluation.

Tasks

Read the following articles along with this week’s lecture:

Using these articles as suggestions, develop strategies that will drive your decision-making practice and produce results as a leader. Be sure to include specific examples of:

  • Intentional and unintentional approaches
  • A planned decision-making process
  • Practice that will assist you in achieving goals for the organization

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.