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What is a compensation scorecard and how does it help align a company’s strategy with its compensation system? Provide an example.

Assignment 1: Health Care Human Resources Management

Due Week 4 and worth 240 points

Imagine that you have applied for the position of Manager of Human Resources at an acute care hospital in your community. The hospital is planning to expand its services to meet the needs of a growing community. As part of the application screening process, you have been asked to write a document that outlines the steps you would take, as the manager of HR, to improve the effectiveness of HRM in this organization.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze two (2) current trends in health care that are affecting human resources management that may likely impact your hiring decision as HR manager. Provide support for your analysis.2. Suggest a significant opportunity for HR to become more of a strategic partner within an organization. Justify your response.3. Recommend a model of human resources management that would be the most appropriate for this organization in question. Provide support for your recommendation.4. Recommend a strategy that HR could implement in order to develop more effective relationships between Human Resources and the organization’s managers and senior executives, indicating how each strategy will achieve the desired goal.5. Determine a specific employment law that may affect the hiring and selection process at the acute hospital in your community. Provide support for your rationale.6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the unique aspects of managing human resources (HR) in health care organizations.• Evaluate the effects of major employment laws on HR functions in health care organizations.• Evaluate the competencies necessary for effective health care human resources management.• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services human resource management.• Write clearly and concisely about health services human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

Organizations must find the best candidate for a job among a pool of many applicants. Which basic selection criterion do you feel is the most critical in hiring? Give a rationale for your decision along with examples:

• Education and experience.
• Skills and abilities.
• Personal characteristics.
• Hiring for fit.

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Three months ago, you decided to hire freelance workers because the company was overloaded by data processing work (due to the growth of the company). Today is the last Friday of the month and you have to process the invoices from the freelance workers. The freelance workers are doing an excellent job processing the invoices. The amount of hours used to complete the work, however, increases each month. Last month, the freelancers’ timesheets showed they spent an average of 18 hours to go through the data for one client. This month, the freelancers spent an average of 25 hours per account. This is troubling since it took in-house processing 5–7 hours to go through the data for one client. The most inexperienced employee on the team took nine hours to process one client’s account.

You discussed the situation with another manager and he suggested using a software program called EyeSpy that takes pictures of freelancers’ computer screens and records keystrokes and mouse clicks periodically throughout the day. At the end of each week, you can drill down by worker, examining their productivity to give you an accurate report of who is doing what while on the clock.

• Should the company be allowed to install the EyeSpy software to monitor performance? If not, what other suggestions do you have on finding out why there are variations in the freelancer’s timesheet?
• Is it legal for organizations to monitor the performance of the employees without telling them? Why or why not?

Companies decide to outsource to other entities that can accomplish a job function for a comparable cost, optimize operations, and allow for more resources to be deployed in areas where the company specializes. Outsourcing can mean departments or functions are handled by another company. It is important to ensure a seamless transition for all chain members. 

Case Assignment

• Begin with the background readings which provide a foundation in industry outsourcing trends and practices. Research what functions are often outsourced in logistics/supply chain and why.
  This portion of the paper will be 1 page in length.
• Research the pros and cons of outsourcing in logistics (at least three pros and three cons must be discussed).
  This portion of the paper will be 1 page in length.
• Research two examples of logistics/supply chain companies that outsourced and had different results. (Use examples that are not from this week’s readings)
  This portion of the paper will be 1 page in length.

Resources should be no more than three years old for this Case Assignment because the industry is changing rapidly, and the goal is to remain relevant throughout your career. 

Module 3 Case Background Readings

Trends and Practices in Supply Chain Analytics (2020)

Formulating a Predictive Flow (2020)

Masters of Logistics 28th Edition: Find Your Digital Direction (2019)

The Build-Versus-Buy Conundrum in Supply Chain Digitization (2020)

Need Speed Across the Supply Chain? It’s All About the Barcode (2019)

How a Freight Audit and a TMS Can Drive Efficiency for Your Supply Chain (2019)

“Digital Transformation” Can Enhance Working Capital Performance, New Hackett Group Survey Reveals (2019)

Three Logistics Trends to Watch in 2020 (2019)

Adding Data Science to Supply Chain’s List of Job Specs (2019)

Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite and reference the sources in APA format. The paper should be written in the third person; this means words like “I,” “we,” and “you” are not appropriate. For more information, see Differences Between First and Third Person. The excessive use of quotes or unoriginal content will directly impact performance since it suggests lack of comprehension and indicates that a student may not have mastered the concepts.

Assignment Expectations

Use the attached APA-formatted template (LOG302 Case4) to create your submission.

Your submission will include:

• Trident’s cover page
• A 3-page paper with APA citations (2- or 3-sentence introduction, 3-page body, and 2- or 3-sentence conclusion)
• The alphabetized reference list page in APA format

What Makes ____ the Best Place to Work and Why?

Choose one company (other than Google, Facebook, or Verizon) that you believe would be an ideal company to work for based on working conditions, salary, opportunity for advancement, and work involved. Use Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library for your research.

Write a 4–6 page paper in which you:

1. Evaluate the fundamental driving forces that shape the organizational environment of the selected company. Be sure to address competing in a global marketplace, workforce diversity, ethics and morality, and technological innovation.
2. Examine the organization’s specific practices or policies and the influence of these practices on individual and organizational outcomes.
3. Determine which practices related to work attitudes in U.S. organizations are most strongly affected by diversity and how those effects could be addressed.
4. Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not quality as academic resources.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Evaluate the forces that shape the organizational environment of a given company.

Please Follow Directions!!

Part 1: Select

Case Managers can work in many different areas of Human Services (health care, partner abuse, child welfare, elder care, addiction, homelessness, or career planning). (I CHOOSE CHILD ABUSE)
For this part of your portfolio, choose one area of case management that you are most interested in and focus on this area for the duration of the portfolio project.

Part 2: Research

Research sources that are related to the specific area of client service and trends in case management. These may include cultural sensitivity, interviewing, building rapport, etc.
You can use your textbook, credible websites, articles, etc. One must be a resource located through the Rasmussen Library databases.

Part 2: Reflect

For this part of your assignment, you will use your critical thinking skills and assess your chosen area of case management.

In a minimum of two-pages (not counting the title page and reference page) address the following:

• Identify chosen area of case management.
• Identify at least three (3) current trends in this area that a case manager may help guide a client through.
• Explain at least three (3) specific things that you would look for if working with a client with this type of need.
• Discuss at least three (3) types of advocacy for the client you may be tasked with facilitating.
• Address at least three (3) strategies to build rapport with this demographic of client (age, race, ethnicity, gender).
• Identify at least three (3) challenges you may have in working with this client population?
• Discuss at least three (3) strengths you may have with this client population?
• Incorporate two (2) credible resources to examine client services and trends in case management. Cite sources used.

Use professional language including complete sentences and proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation throughout your paper. Be sure to cite any research sources in APA format

Please read and respond to the attachment.

Note: Only up to 20% of the content in the written response can be quotes from third parties.  

 Case studies are to be up to 3 pages max. Use APA Format to structure your response. You can do additional research to craft your response to the questions of each case study.  

https://canvas.fau.edu/courses/83555/files/18399775/download?wrap=1

 Watch the quick video posted in the Module’s section from the National PACE Association {also attached below}, and answer the questions from this case study above.  It will give you a well-rounded view for your response to the case study assignment.  

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6432724198891802624

• Summarize your experience in facilitating a team development session, and analyze the value and usefulness of Peter Senge’s five disciplines in the context of your team change management initiative.

This is the second of the assessments based on your two team-development sessions with a real-world group.

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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Apply change management interventions. o Explain the learning disciplines of team learning and systems thinking.o Describe a team development exercise used with a team, based on a relevant learning discipline.o Describe a team development experience based on a relevant learning discipline.o Explain lessons learned for chosen discipline and group dynamics.• Competency 2: Analyze applications of change management principles. o Explain a process used to select a learning discipline and the rationale for its selection.o Explain successful and unsuccessful aspects of team development.o Explain lessons learned for planned and unplanned team facilitation journeys• Systems thinking highlights cycles of cause and effect. Team learning can contribute to a team functioning in alignment and as a whole enterprise, help a team sustain and reinforce its learning, and increase the capacity to act synergistically and learn how to learn.

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A paradox with systems thinking is that it is frequently counterintuitive. For example, an action that seems rational from the perspective of one part of an organization can have unintended and undesirable effects in another part, especially where strategic communication is inadequate. Learning teams, through the application of dialogue or skillful discussion, can use systems thinking as a problem-solving tool. However, the best potential of this tool is in effecting how teams think about complex issues.

Through your independent research in this assessment, you will become familiar with causal loop diagram archetypes, which allow us to talk about the interrelationship and feedback process and help diagnose systems that produce growth, decline, or equilibrium. By learning about systems thinking, teams can align their common understanding and collaborate to establish strategies for their business dilemmas.

• Questions to Consider 

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

• Conduct independent research on the causal loops, the balancing and reinforcing loops, and the archetype patterns propounded by Peter Senge. What is your understanding of them? What is the value of these predictable patterns for a team improvement conversation? Why are they valuable to help teams see dynamics that are counterintuitive?• For this assessment, submit your second team exercise plan and post-session summary based on your completed team session. 

Preparation

If you have not already done so, contact your team members to schedule your second team development session. Remind your team members of your task and how you will use the information from the session. You should also remind them that you will protect their personal information and their identities.

Plan your team exercise and write a team development plan for your second session. Your exercise for this session should be based on one of the following two disciplines identified by Senge:

• Team learning.• Systems thinking.

Facilitate the second team development session, addressing the following:

• Define the remaining two disciplines: team learning and systems thinking.• Explain the learning discipline you have chosen and why it is important.• Explain how you will use the organizational team development material (the exercise) during the session.• Briefly introduce the problem or issue the team will work through, using the exercise.• While conducting the exercise, take copious notes. Record the session, if possible.

Directions

Write a post-session summary based on the completed experience. Include the following:

8. Explain the two learning disciplines that you examined for this assessment: team learning and systems thinking.9. Team exercise plan: o Outline the schedule for your second team development session. Include the job titles or roles of the team members participating in the session. List the scheduled meeting date and time.o Describe the problem or issue you chose as the intended purpose for your team development session.o Identify the learning discipline that you chose to focus on for your team exercise. Explain the process used to select that learning discipline, the rationale for its selection, and the team development exercise that you used with your team.10. Post-session summary: o Describe your team development experience in a narrative format.o Explain the successful and unsuccessful aspects of the team development exercise.o Explain the lessons learned for team facilitation, including both planned and unplanned journeys that resulted.o Explain the lessons learned for your chosen discipline, and its potential for helping a group examine itself, choose new direction, and commit to that direction.

Team Development Session Two Scoring Guide

Team Development Session Two Scoring Guide Grading Rubric

Criteria 

Non-performance 

Basic 

Proficient 

Distinguished 

Explain a process used to select a learning discipline and the rationale for its selection.

Does not explain the process used to select a learning discipline or the rationale for its selection. 

Explains the process used to select a learning discipline or the rationale for its selection, but not both. 

Explains the process used to select a learning discipline and the rationale for its selection. 

Explains the process used to select a learning discipline and the rationale for its selection, and supports explanation with relevant theory or real-world examples. 

Describe a team development experience based on a relevant learning discipline.

Does not describe a team development experience. 

Describes a team development experience but the connection to a relevant learning discipline is unclear. 

Describes a team development experience based on a relevant learning discipline. 

Analyzes a team development experience based on a relevant learning discipline, and supports statements with relevant real-world examples. 

Explain successful and unsuccessful aspects of team development.

Does not explain successful or unsuccessful aspects of team development. 

Explains successful or unsuccessful aspects of team development, but not both. 

Explains successful and unsuccessful aspects of team development. 

Analyzes successful and unsuccessful aspects of team development, and recommends strategies for improvement. 

Explain lessons learned for planned and unplanned team facilitation journeys.

Does not explain lessons learned for planned or unplanned team facilitation journeys. 

Explains lessons learned for planned or unplanned team facilitation journeys, but not both. 

Explains lessons learned for planned and unplanned team facilitation journeys. 

Explains lessons learned for planned and unplanned team facilitation journeys, and recommends strategies to implement what was learned. 

Explain lessons learned for chosen discipline and group dynamics.

Does not explain lessons learned for chosen discipline or group dynamics. 

Explains lessons learned for chosen discipline or group dynamics, but not both. 

Explains lessons learned for chosen discipline and group dynamics. 

Explains lessons learned for chosen discipline and group dynamics, and recommends strategies to implement what was learned. 

Explain the learning disciplines of team learning and systems thinking.

Does not explain the learning disciplines of team learning and systems thinking. 

Explains the learning disciplines of team learning or systems thinking, but not both. 

Explains the learning disciplines of team learning and systems thinking. 

Analyzes learning disciplines: team learning and systems thinking, providing theory or real-world examples to support explanation. 

Describe a team development exercise used with a team, based on a relevant learning discipline.

Does not describe a team development exercise used with a team. 

Describes a team development exercise used with a team, but the exercise is not based on a relevant learning discipline. 

Describes a team development exercise used with a team, based on a relevant learning discipline. 

Describes a team development exercise used with a team, based on a relevant learning discipline, and supports description with relevant theory