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Option #1: Labor Relations

Though union influence has diminished over the past years, they still are a force in some industries such as domestic auto production and public-sector employment. Therefore, a key factor in understanding human resource management is to effectively create and manage a strategy to develop a positive working relationship with labor unions, both their representatives and their members. Given this background, compose a paper that addresses the following:

• Briefly describe the nature and scope of today’s union and its members, including—among other demographic variables—their average age, educational level, and type of industry/professional.
• Describe the role and function of a union in today’s industrial landscape.
• Craft a five-point plan that a human resource professional should follow/adapt in order to create a positive, conducive, and mutually rewarding relationship between unions and organizations. Be sure to discuss the impediments to this relationship and how one can overcome those impediments.

Your paper should be:

• 5-7 pages in length APA format

Read the case study titled “Revitalizing a Brand”, located in the online course shell. Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the branding and communication strategies of one (1) health services organization that is similar to the health services organizations mentioned in the case study.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
2. Conduct a Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats (SWOT) analysis associated with the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
3. Assess the importance of benchmarking in Plaza Home Health Services’ development and implementation of an effective brand strategy (marketing communication, identity, and brand position).
4. Compare branding and communication strategies of a similar health services organization with that of Plaza Home Health Services. Determine whether or not Plaza Home Health Services should apply additional best practices into its current branding and communication strategies. Provide a rationale and support for your response.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources. 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:

• Examine the marketing research process and market segmentation strategies in the health care industry.
• Analyze business planning based on an analysis of domestic and global operating environments, market dynamics (supply and demand), commercialization, and product-market expansion.
• Explain how branding strategies apply to the health care market for existing and new products.
• Determine the marketing communications strategy used in health care services.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services strategic marketing.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services strategic marketing using proper writing mechanics.

As we find ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic, business leaders and government officials are considering ways to reopen the economy and businesses across sectors.  The health crisis has highlighted the need for HR to be a strategic partner, helping leaders think through things like layoffs vs. furloughs vs. retaining and paying employees; essential personnel; safety; remote work; and so much more.  As we think about returning to a physical workplace, how can HR help business leaders and employees chart a path forward?

Consider consulting these (and other sources) to help you shape your answer:

• Coronavirus & COVID19 – SHRM:  https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/pages/communicable-diseases.aspx
• Five Ways that COVID19 Will Transform HR:  https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/covid-will-transform-hr/
• Responding to COVID19. Ten Lessons from the World’s HR Leaders:  https://joshbersin.com/2020/04/responding-to-covid-19-ten-lessons-from-the-worlds-hr-leaders/

Please include citations and references 

1. There are discussions (minimum of 1-2 pages) needed by Monday 5 Oct, NLT 5PM.

2. There is a Case Paper assignment due Fri 9th, Oct, NLT 5PM.

3. SLP Paper NLT Mon 12th, Oct, NLT 5 PM

No Plagiarism of any kind, no paraphrase or word for word….

These papers must be done on time and according to requirements.  You must read the instruction and use the proper formats and references. ” At least” 4 Ref’s cited on all assignments

I need a very professional paper and will have more for the right tutor.

You are to provide a paper (case studies) of a minimum of 2 pages and a maximum of 3 pages (not including your cover page, abstract, or reference page).

You need at least 3 references in addition to your text. The case study and the references are to be in APA format  

A staffing firm provides landscaping services for clients on an ongoing basis. The staffing firm selects and pays the workers, provides health insurance, and withholds taxes. The firm provides the equipment and supplies necessary to do the work. It also supervises the workers on the clients’ premises. Client A reserves the right to direct the staffing-firm workers to perform particular tasks at particular times or in a specified manner, although it does not generally exercise that authority. Client A evaluates the quality of the workers’ performance and regularly reports its findings to the firm. It can require the firm to remove a worker from the job assignment if it is dissatisfied.

How do you determine who is the employer of the workers?

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After reviewing this unit’s video, Module Two the Stafford Act, you will create a blog post that addresses the following.

• Explain the disaster declaration process and role of the federal government in times of disaster. 
• Identify the individual programs available to disaster victims through the Stafford Act.
• Give your opinion regarding whether individual and public assistance programs provided through FEMA help fulfill the federal government’s role and responsibilities during times of emergencies.
• Make at least one recommendation for change, and give an example of the anticipated effect.

There are two essentials to good blogging. First, remember that a blog should be conversational and be an extension of your own thoughts and opinions, not merely a list of facts. Your post should have a topic, have a purpose of presenting a point of view, and indicate an openness to dialogue by inviting comments. Since this class is your audience, you can assume a basic understanding of homeland security terms, phrases, and acronyms.

Be creative, while still meeting the requirements of the blog’s content listed above. The Blackboard Blog Tool will allow you to include text, images, links, multimedia, mash-ups, and attachments to your blog entry.

Your blog post should be a minimum of 1,400 words, While the format of your post is not required to be in APA style, keep in mind that you must provide strong evidence and/or references to support your opinions. References should appear at the bottom of your post.

• 2-3 paragraphsin length.
• Make sure to demonstrate critical thinking and analysis by using research and personal work experiences.
• For full credit, you are required to respond to a minimum of two classmates. Please begin your reply by addressing the student by name. Your responses must be completed by Friday

Brittany Armentrout

The topic of managing workplace monitoring and surveillance covers the practical and legal implications of managing and balancing the legitimate needs of an organization to protect its assets and safeguard the workplace with the reasonable expectations of privacy held by its employees. Employers are increasingly concerned about issues related to violence in the workplace, identity and property theft, and lowered productivity (Moussa, 2015). Employers must find appropriate ways to minimize these risks. As a result, many employers now monitor employees at work to prevent injuries, misconduct and other types of loss.  

While guarding against these risks, companies also must balance the business interests of the company with the reasonable expectations of privacy of its employees. Magnifying this challenge is the availability of technology making it possible for employers to track all employee e-mail, Internet and telephone use without employees even knowing that they are being monitored. (Moussa, 2015). Some questions that organizations must ask themselves include: 

• Should the electronic mailing system be utilized for business purposes only? 
• Are employees allowed to e-mail work specific information to a colleague along with personal conversation? 
• What is the acceptable use of the system? 
• Who possesses the information that is produced from the network? 

The failure of employers to recognize employee rights can cause extensive loss, such as expensive lawsuits, damage to the organization’s reputation, and impairment of employee values (Moussa, 2015). Therefore, employers should balance the need for productivity regarding employee rights to privacy, safety, and security.

Reference

Moussa, M. (2015). Monitoring employee behavior through the use of technology and issues of employee privacy in America. SAGE Open, 5(2), 215824401558016. doi:10.1177/2158244015580168 

Katie (Kathleen) Bekkerus

In the United States, unreasonable search and seizure is against the law for government officials only. Therefor, employers of private sectors can be monitored, observed and search at work by a representative of the organization without a warrant if they feel work rules have been violated. This includes searching desks, lockers, files, and computer files. According to Mathis et al. (2020), monitoring occurs in many forms but the most common is video surveillance at work and through employee performance. Video surveillance systems have been installed in various organizations for multiple reasons including safety in garages and parking lots as well as on retail floors to reduce theft. Organizations utilizing video surveillance need to be aware of potential issues related to privacy can arise such as restrooms and changing rooms. Employees need to be made aware of locations and reason behind video surveillance as this can create of feeling of distrust.

      Employee performance monitoring monitors activities contributing to performance, ensures performance quality and customer service, theft, and enforcement of rules (Mathis et al., 2020). Concerns surrounding a monitored workplace revolves around how the monitoring should be conducted and who the information should be collected and used. Employees should be informed how, when, and why performance is being monitored and that phone calls will be recorded.

      The advancement of technology has opened the doors for new ways for employers to monitor their employee’s activities. These uses can be to record and review phone calls with costumers which can be beneficial for the individual to listen to their conversation to see what they could do differently next time. Technology can be in place to monitor the amount of time one spends on the computer and what sites they are visiting and have certain sites blocked. There is nothing worse than the feeling of overwhelmed at work and you walk to another person’s desk and they are online shopping. This happens a lot in the medical field as reception is limited to what they can assist with. Video surveillance can be helpful for safety reasons such as a person walking to their car in the middle of the night in a dark parking ramp. I believe these uses of monitoring should be acceptable to employees as they know they are on the clock and should be performing job related tasks. According to Roba (2018), a Japanese company implemented the use of sensor collecting device in which the person wore a device while on employee property and it detected where and how long the individual spent time in any given location. Roba (2018) states the advantages to monitoring employees includes transparency, security, a better division of tasks, evaluation of performance, and increased work efficiency. However, it has the negative impact of creating more work stress and decrease trust which can affect productivity and workplace culture/climate.  

      While I am not sure how I feel about monitoring devices I do think in some situations it would be helpful. For example, I used to work night shifts at a nursing home. There was two nurses and three CNA’s split between two units. My unit had 80 long term care beds on my unit and the other unit was composed of 64 long term and transitional care beds (meaning residents needed a few weeks of rehabilitation before going home). Several shifts the CNA’s, would come alert me a patient at the other unit needed something and they could not find the nurse. She always had some excuse that seemed possible but as it continued to happen, we began to question on. One shift, we were unable to find her for over an hour, I finally sent one of the aids to go outside and look for her when he returned that she passed out outside. We later found out she had a drinking problem and was drinking on her shifts. I understand management was not allowed to divulge this information to me, however, in this case having a tracking sensor would have changed the situation drastically.  

Reference

Mathis, R. L., Jackson, J. H., Valentine, S., & Meglich, P.A. (2020). Human Resource Management (16th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Roba, R. M. (2018). Legal aspects regarding the monitoring of employees in the workplace. Juridical Current, 21(4), 107–115.

.  Consider that you are a large organization and you are preparing to move your business from New Jersey to Arizona in 12 months.   Your business has 2500 employees.  Some will lose their job, some will retire and some will move with the company.   You have 12 months to prepare for this organizational change.  

2.  Your job is to recommend to management the model that they should use over the coming year to best manage this change.  So, I ask that you prepare a 12- 15 page presentation (PowerPoint) comparing and contrasting the nine models with the end goal to select one that best fits this organizational situation.  In addition, include a title page and a reference page, APA format.   Each of the 12 – 15 pages should include notes with at least 150 – 200 words each on the notes section at the bottom of each slide.   The notes reflect comments that you will use for yourself when you present to management that back up your bulleted slides.   The PowerPoint slides that management will see will be a summary that you will talk to during the presentation. 

3.  The first half of your presentation will include the discussion of the nine models, and in the second half of your presentation, select the change model that you think is most appropriate for this process of getting your employees on board with the upcoming move.  Discuss the phases of the model you select and explain why it is most appropriate.   Use several slides to explain the steps this company should take using the recommended model and why they are important for success.   Move through the 12 month process.

(9 models)

1.  Lewin

2.  Bullock and Batten

3.  Kotter

4.  Bechard and Harris

5.  Nadler and Tushman

6.  William Bridges

7.  Carnall

8.  Senge

9.  Stacey and Shaw

Outline the difference in responsibilities of a local union representative, a shop steward, and an international or national union representative.

• How do their roles differ in the labor relations process?
• This essay needs to be one page in length.