examine the “Missed Pickup Means a Missed Opportunity for 30 Seeking a Fellowship,” provided in this week’s resources

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Assignment: Development Plan

The best-laid plans are always subject to disruption, especially when outside parties, tight deadlines, and too many people are involved. When employees do not understand their jobs’ connections to the organization’s outcomes, sometimes managers have to redirect and refocus the employees. This week’s project will help us clean up a mess caused when an outside vendor and two internal employees dropped the ball on mailing an important package by a critical deadline.

To prepare for this Assignment, you will examine the “Missed Pickup Means a Missed Opportunity for 30 Seeking a Fellowship,” provided in this week’s resources. Then, you will prepare needs assessments to analyze two employees’ current skill levels, and a gap analyses on what should have happened, and what did happen in the scenario. Based on the needs assessment, you will address how to improve the performance of the mailroom specialist and the administrative assistant in their current jobs. Finally, you will create two performance improvement plans that outline for both employees their expected behaviors, metrics for improvement, steps they will take, consequences for not meeting the plan’s expectations, and their managers’ role, according to an established form.

Note that PIPs are a bit different from individual development plans (IDP), which are career management documents. Using an IDP, an employee creates a plan to develop skills over time, to prepare for new job opportunities, or promotions. Rarely are IDPs properly used to correct a missed step in work processes. PIPs are used when mistakes happen that are so egregious that the manager needs to put the worker on notice that the behavior must stop; they give the employee a plan of action.

As HR manager, draft the PIPs, along with instructions to the manager on how he or she should conduct a meeting with the employees about improvements and consequences. Your paper should include the following:

1.    Introduction, briefly summarizing what happened.

2.    Needs assessment with gap analysis (for both employees).

3.    PIPs for both employees (create two Appendices for these – Appendix A and B).

4.    A set of instructions for the manager on what s/he should do to implement the PIPs.

5.    No conclusion is required – this is a work-based document, parts of which will go into the employees’ files.

Use the course resources to assist you with this paper. Include a reference and title page. Use APA.

How could Yahoo strengthen its internal recruiting? How would these actions strengthen corporate strategy? Use recent new about Yahoo to support your answer.

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Human Resource Management wk 3

Think of the jobs you have held. What were some of the tactics used to recruit you for these positions? What were some pros and cons for the organization of recruiting you through these methods?

You are a human resource professional at a large retail chain working to standardize the company’s design for interviewing by insuring that all interviewees for a specific job answer the same questions. The questions need to be relevant to the job and maintain equal employment opportunity. Develop three questions to include in the interview process for each of the following three jobs. For each question, state why you think it should be included.

Cashier at one of the company’s stores.

Buyer of the store’s teen clothing line.

Accounts payable clerk at company headquarters.

Read “Managing Talent: Can Yahoo Still Attract Tech Workers?” at the end of chapter five and answer the following three questions:

How could Yahoo strengthen its internal recruiting? How would these actions strengthen corporate strategy? Use recent new about Yahoo to support your answer.

Imagine that you are in charge of campus recruiting for Yahoo. At what schools would you focus your efforts and how would you work to attract potential employees? Consider current trends and events as you explain why?

  • After examining the supply of and demand for labor at Yahoo, what conclusions can be drawn?
  1. Pick two of the selection methods identified in this module and discuss, with a focus on current events, how they compare in reliability, validity, ability to generalize, utility, and compliance to laws.

In no less than 250 words, create an initial post that describes your tolerance for disagreement (TFD). How does your TFD affect your ability to engage in small talk?

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Week 4 DB: Interpersonal Skills and Tolerance for Disagreement 26 26 unread replies. 29 29 replies.

Interpersonal skills are the life skills we use every day to communicate and interact with other people, both individually and in groups.  People who have worked on developing strong interpersonal skills are usually more successful in both their professional and personal lives. Employers often seek to hire staff with ‘strong interpersonal skills’ – they want people who will work well in a team and be able to communicate effectively with colleagues, customers and clients.

Complete the Tolerance for Disagreement Scale.docx (linked here) and then, without disclosing too much personal information, share your thoughts on your tolerance for disagreement.  Once you have discussed your tolerance for disagreement outcome, utilize the “P-U-G-S-S” model (outlined in the weekly lesson) to discuss how you could research and improve your interpersonal communication and your approach to conflict.

  1. In no less than 250 words, create an initial post that describes your tolerance for disagreement (TFD). How does your TFD affect your ability to engage in small talk? How does your TFD affect your ability to overcome conflict? How does the P-U-G-S-S model assist you with enhancing your own interpersonal communication?Is anyone able to write my informative speech outline along with the reference page in APA format? I would like for it to be about the negative affects of social media. One reason being that it can take a toll on peoples mental health (depression and addiction). People see these “perfect” lives and “perfect” relationships on social media and wish to be like that. Some may end up depressed because of it. They’re also addicted to seeing peoples lives. Another reason is that you could be putting yourself out there for predators to see. People don’t realize how much information they actually put out. Can also include something about catfishes in this point of the speech. Then you can include any other cons of social media if you can think of any.

 Review your product or service offering’s privacy policy (usually published on its website). Analyze whether you think they do enough to protect the customer’s privacy or what steps you might suggest they take to protect customer’s privacy

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  1. Customer privacy can identify the product or service offerings privacy policy and analyze its effectiveness in protecting their customer’s information.
  • You may want to find a Most Valuable Customer (MVC) of the product or service if you are not one yourself, or alternatively think like an MVC. What is the evidence of an MVC of your product or service?   It means that the customer is treated differently — better — than other customers. It means that the MVC represents about 20% of the company’s revenues. These are the customers with whom the company regularly communicates, offers special deals, and other ways as outlined in the text and as you can find with just a little bit of googling on the internet.
  • You may want to calculate the lifetime value of a most valuable customer. See the discussion of the lifetime value calculation in the week’s reading, and calculate the LTV using this simple equation: LTV = (Price – cost to produce the product) * number of annual purchases * number of years expected to purchase – initial acquisition costs. For simplicity sake, you can assume your customer will have a relationship with you for ten years and you can make an educated guess as to how much the initial acquisition costs were to get him as a customer in terms of advertising or other types of promotion efforts.  If you are not an MVC yourself, make and share your assumptions about your calculation. If you are not an MVC, you might want to find someone who is and ask them why they are loyal to the product or service and what they feel the company does for them that is special that they don’t do for other customers.
  • Take a look at your product or service privacy policy. Usually the privacy policy is available on the website.

Question

  1. Customer privacy. Review your product or service offering’s privacy policy (usually published on its website). Analyze whether you think they do enough to protect the customer’s privacy or what steps you might suggest they take to protect customer’s privacy. Refer to the privacy policies or the information on warranties and guarantees. The company’s customer support page might also be useful. Do they publish a remedy should the customer’s privacy be breached? Should they?

Provide an executive summary of the main points of the case. Identify and describe the various cultures and differences in those cultures within SAP’s changing environment and employee workforce.

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Writing Assignment  and Presentation

Case Study—Culture Clashes at SAP

Read the Case: Culture Clashes Make Change Difficult at SAP. Use the Argosy University online library and the internet for additional research. Imagine you are an HR consultant called in to advise the leadership at SAP. Prepare a 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation to present your responses to the information below. Use the notes section in PowerPoint to clarify your points. Include a title slide and a reference slide in addition to the main slides. Use at least one chart or graph and at least one other visual aid within your presentation. Utilize at least three outside resources to compose your response. Your presentation should be professional and correctly address your target audience.

  • Provide an executive summary of the main points of the case. Identify and describe the various cultures and differences in those cultures within SAP’s changing environment and employee workforce.
  • In your opinion, what aspects of the changes at SAP would be most difficult for the German employees? Why? Which would be most difficult for the SAP employees in other countries? Why?
  • What HRM activities or functions were affected by the changes described in this case?
  • Recommend at least 3 ideas or concepts the company can implement to help them overcome cultural barriers that are affecting its efforts to become more creative and agile.
  • Propose at least three concrete HR solutions that would improve relations at SAP, resulting in less conflict. Support your proposal with outside research.

Use at least three resources in addition to your textbook to justify your responses. Apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.ppt. For example, if your name is John Smith, your presentation will be named SmithJ_M5_A1. ppt.

briefly describe in writing how your chosen strength exercises improve overall fitness and wellness.  

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Resistance Training Exercise Demonstration

Resistance training is one mode of exercise prescription.  The required reading from your course texts this week highlights various resistance exercises, along with pictures and a description for each exercise.   For this discussion, examine exercise prescription by selecting and demonstrating three strength training exercises.

  1. To begin, select one exercise for each of the major muscle groups (lower, core, and upper body).  Ensure that you choose different exercises than those already selected by your peers; the goal of this assignment is to compile a large assortment of exercises among all class members. Therefore, do not hesitate to choose some of the less common exercises.
  1. Then, decide on a presentation method for your exercises and review the respective Quick-Start Guide: Jing or Screencast-O-Matic.Each method will allow you to take pictures of yourself prior to the presentation. While presenting, you can simply click on the pictures (or the document containing your pictures) and add your verbal description on how to perform each exercise. Your chosen method should entail the following components for each exercise:
  • The starting position (referred to as position a in your text) and movement (referred to as position b in your text) should be clearly performed and commented on. Some exercises may have a third or c component. Should this be the case, it must be addressed as well. Watch for proper form and movement in your demonstration.
  • The muscles (primary and/or secondary) that are worked in the exercise. You must use the correct medical terminology for the muscles worked. Stating the back or shoulder is not sufficient.
  • Any equipment needed, if applicable to the exercise.
  • Expert tips regarding the exercise such as what to look for when observing someone performing the exercise, what to avoid when performing the exercise, placement of feet or other body parts, safety precautions, etc.
  • Copy and paste the link to your screencast into the discussion post. Do not include it as an attachment. Be prepared before you get in front of the camera as videos should be 10 minutes in length or less. Please also include the written script for this portion within your posting in case there are technical difficulties.
  1. Lastly, briefly describe in writing how your chosen strength exercises improve overall fitness and wellness.

Use at least one reference in your response formatted in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Read the following paragraph and its possible revisions. Then choose the revision that has the best paragraph coherence and that most accurately supports the original paragraph.

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Read the following paragraph and its possible revisions. Then choose the revision that has the best paragraph coherence and that most accurately supports the original paragraph.

Communication with the public and employees should be overseen by the director of PR. The duties of the crisis team should be divided according to each member’s area of expertise. Since communicating accurate information is critical, you will need to assign specific members to interface with your own employees and public-safety agencies. If your company does not have a public relations executive, this job should be handled by the head of marketing or human resources. Furthermore, all members of your crisis team should receive training in crisis communication.

1. Communication with the public and employees should be overseen by the director of PR. The duties of the crisis team should be divided according to each member’s area of expertise. Since communicating accurate information is critical, you will need to assign specific members to interface with your own employees and public-safety agencies. If your company does not have a public relations executive, this job should be handled by the head of marketing or human resources. Furthermore, all members of your crisis team should receive training in crisis communication.

2. All members of your crisis team should receive training in crisis communication, and the duties of the crisis team should be divided according to each member’s area of expertise. Since communicating accurate information is critical, you will need to assign specific members to interface with your own employees and public-safety agencies. Communication with the public and employees should be overseen by the director of PR. If your company does not have a public relations executive, this job should be handled by the head of marketing or human resources.

3. The duties of the crisis team should be divided according to each member’s area of expertise. Since communicating accurate information is critical, you will need to assign specific members to interface with your own employees and public-safety agencies. Communication with the public and employees should be overseen by the director of PR. If your company does not have a public relations executive, this job should be handled by the head of marketing or human resources. Nevertheless, all members of your crisis team should receive training in crisis communication.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc.

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Assignment 2: Designing a Meeting

When communicating within the context of a meeting, leaders and managers always must be mindful the strengths and drawbacks of meetings. Knowing how to design, develop, and shape your messages is important.

Review the following scenario:

You have been selected to address the quarterly meeting of your company’s board of directors. You will be delivering negative updates that include low profits, pending lawsuits, and high employee turnover. The members of your board of directors are dispersed across the country.

Based on your analysis of the scenario and the meeting design practices covered in this module, address the following:

  • What measures will you take to ensure that you achieve the purpose of the meeting?
  • List and briefly explain the rationale for using the practices that you will adopt to ensure that the meeting proceeds smoothly and productively.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, July 5, 2017, submit your assignment to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Explained the measures you will take to ensure that you achieve the purpose of the meeting.

40

Described the rationale for using the practices that you will adopt to ensure that the meeting proceeds smoothly and productively.

40

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

20

Total:

100

Develop a business assessment for the company, focusing on managing employees from an HR perspective in a grocery store environment and retail industry.

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Read the details of the Gladwell Grocery Stores case scenario. In this assignment, you will provide Mr. Bell with an assessment of the current business based on the details of the scenario. You will describe the company in terms of size, industry, type of business, number of stores, etc., and explain to Mr. Bell why you think Gladwell Grocery Stores can benefit from an HRIS.

Assume your role as an HR consultant, and prepare a business assessment that addresses the following criteria.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Introduction

  1. Assess the current situation for the company, focusing on the issues that the HR Manager is currently facing from not having an HRIS in place.

Business Assessment

  1. Develop a business assessment for the company, focusing on managing employees from an HR perspective in a grocery store environment and retail industry.

Identifiable Issues

  1. Create a list of the key HR functions that you believe will be beneficial to the organization. From the list, choose one (1) HR function that will be the focus of your business proposal moving forward. Explain the main reasons why you chose that HR function and validate your reasoning with research and theory.

Conclusion

  1. Explain two to three (2-3) reasons why the company would benefit from adopting an HRIS. Focus on how the HRIS would address the HR function you identified in your business assessment.
  2. Use at least (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
  3. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

Develop an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.

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Document your hypothetical company’s background information and mission statement, your company’s short- and long-term goals, an environmental analysis, and a SWOT analysis.

  1. Develop your company’s mission statement.
  2. Decide the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term) and the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next five years (long term). Determine the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals.
  3. Note: Consider the following metrics: tracking downloads of website content, website visitors, increases in market share, customer value, new product /service adoption rates, retention, rate of growth compared to competition and the market, margin, and customer engagement.
  4. Develop an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.
  5. Develop both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product / service. Each analysis should examine three strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.
  6. Develop your company’s mission statement.
  7. Decide the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term) and the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next five years (long term). Determine the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals.

Note: Consider the following metrics: tracking downloads of website content, website visitors, increases in market share, customer value, new product /service adoption rates, retention, rate of growth compared to competition and the market, margin, and customer engagement.

  1. Develop an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.
  2. Develop both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product / service. Each analysis should examine three strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.