• Discuss at least two reasons why job analysis is often described as the foundation of human resources management.
• Provide specific examples to support your rationale

Your response should be at least two pages double-spaced throughout (NO EXTRA SPACING BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS)

1) A Brief Description of the work (LOOKING)

2) A Brief Formal Analysis (highlight those aspects of the work you find most significant)

3) A brief Iconographical analysis

4) A brief Iconological section (OUTSIDE INFORMATION ON THE CULTURE WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE WORK)

5) Conclusion

Remember that iconology should be relevant to your analysis.  What about Renaissance culture aids us in a deeper understanding of the work?

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436918

Discussion is to be submitted in 12-point Times New Roman font using APA format with a minimum of two sources. 

Please read all instructions before completing assignment 

IP 2

2-3 PAGES REQUIREMENT

Complete the following for this assignment:

• Select one of the theories that was covered in this week’s discussion (great man theory, trait theory, skills theory, transformational leadership, transactional  leadership, style approach). 
• Create a connection between the selected theory and a personal or professional situation that you have experienced. 
• Why is this theory important to your personal and professional leadership development? 
• How will  you apply this theory in your daily life? 

Module 03: Training Assignment

Training is often looked upon as a short-term investment form many organizations or human resource teams.  The trend for training has been changing from a short-term focus to include a long-term emphasis.

Using Welder Library E-Resources of Google Scholar find a peer-reviewed article within the last 10 years on the topic of organizational and/or employee training  regarding the positive or negative effects on organizations and/or employees.

Assignment:

• Write and post a brief summary (2 paragraphs) of the peer-reviewed article. (5 points)
• Include the article as an attachment. (2 points)
• Reply to a minimum of two classmates. (3 points)

The “like” feature will be enabled. You are encouraged to “like” the articles you find interesting. 

Megan Heissel

Training can be very beneficial for organizations and their employees. In the article, “Do organizations spend wisely on employees? Effects of training and development investment on learning and innovation in organizations” by Sun Young Sung and Jin Nam Choi, development of innovation directly related to the amount of investments on training made by an organization. The study suggested that learning practices may also be a mediating mechanism affecting innovative performance. The climate of an organization may also be linked to an increase in innovation for an organization. 

A conceptual framework was used in this study. Organizational training and investment is the focus of this study. By investing in training, organizations develop a strong, motivated, and capable pool of resources. Organizational learning practices can increase innovative performance for an organization. Organizations have an opportunity to promote and foster this  innovation by offering corporate training to employees. 

The article also examines how organizations offering tuition assistance to employees seeking higher education could potentially have a negative effect overall because it can be seen as favoritisms by other employees. Policies should be put in place to help protect an organization from this potential issue. 

Katie (Kathleen) Bekkerus

Module 03: Training Assignment

The background to this article references a hospital that was observe for 3 years. By the end of the third year, HR department and management were able to track turn over rate and retention rates monthly. The discovered turn over for Registered Nurses (RN), was greater than 19% within the 3 years and 30% within their first year, with a turnover rate of 40% on the medical surgical floor (Maryniak, 2017). Information was collected by means of employee satisfaction surveys and exit interview data to discover the reasons for the turnover which included: poor communication, workload, recognition, and onboarding. The average cost for turn over ranges from $37,700 to $58,400 (Maryniak, 2017).

Once this information was collected, the nurse leaders and HR department came together to create a standardized orientation process that was meant to improve efficiencies of onboarding and orientation in hopes to increase retention of new nurses. The program had new graduate nurses spend 5 weeks in a specialized unit created to stimulate real life. The new nurses completed simulations and online learning. Classes included diabetic management training, critical thinking, practicing assessments, pain management and working on communication. There were also education stations for IV starts and wound care. The individual nurse had to complete the course prior to moving on their new home unit they were hired for. At the end of the first year of the program, it was estimated that the overall cost savings from nurse retention was almost $3 million dollars and the retention rate exceeded 88.8%. Maryniak (2017), illustrates on the med-surg unit nursing retention was 100% in the first year for this department.

I have worked on the med-surg floor at my previous job for several years and I believe the turnover ratio at our hospital was close to this 40%. Med-surg is a hard floor that gets a variety of patient types and loads. However, it is the starting point for most in patient jobs to kind of get your feet wet type unit. I think this new training course could be helpful for certain education tips and tricks but wound care and IV should have been a skill learned in school.

Workers performing similar work are paid more in some industries than others. Explain why this is so.    Be sure to include examples and support your post with specific references to your text (Chapter 2) or independent research you’ve conducted.

Please respond to the following: 250 +

• Select and discuss one positive human resource issue (policy or practice), and how a related challenging topic (current event) continues to evolve in the public sector.

 Go to the Geico website to read “Total Rewards Program.” Write a five- to seven-page paper in which you: 

1. Determine which facets of the Geico total rewards program align with the five top advantages of a total rewards program outlined in Chapter 2 of the textbook. Discuss your reasoning. 

2. Create a strategy for ensuring that the Geico plan addresses all of the advantages. 

3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the communication of Geico’s total rewards program based upon the website’s descriptions of the benefits. Recommend two areas for improvement. 

4. Assuming employees are unhappy with the current plan, offer two improvements or changes to Geico’s total rewards program. 

5. Use at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources 

Organizations have to develop an international human resources management strategy when they expand globally. Which do you think is more critical for international human resources management?

• Understanding the cultural environment.
• Understanding the political and legal environment.

Please choose one position and give a rationale; examples are also a way to demonstrate your understanding of the learning concepts.