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Length: 700 words per blog (maximum)

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TASK

The purpose of this assignment is to complete critical reflective blogs for four OB topics covered in the subject. The aim of this assignment is to enable you to highlight thoughts on each topic as well as demonstrate your understanding of the topics covered in this subject.

In this assessment, you have to reflect on four OB topics of your choice. You can choose from the following topics:

• Topic 4: Getting the right people

• Topic 5: Work and job performance and conditions

• Topic 6: Assessing, influencing and rewarding performance

• Topic 7: Grouping individuals and behaviour; Organisational change; Organisational

culture

• Topic 8: Organisational processes and behaviour

• Topic 9: Leadership

• Topic 10: Organisational justice and employee wellbeing

A starting question for your reflection should be: What is the applicability and relevance of OB theory/model/concepts covered in the specific OB topic for me as a practitioner in my workplace? Discrepancies between the theory and practice should be explored, and implications for your workplace identified.

For students who may not have work experience, you may use newspapers or academic journal articles that discuss an OB trend/issue in an existing Australian or international organisation. Alternatively, you can do your own research on an organisation of your choice, and focus your reflection on the imagined influence this organisational context (in relation to the specific OB topic) would have on you.

The structure of the reflection blogs should follow the following four steps in order to enhance the analytical aspect of the reflection process and to ensure the benefits of this assignment for you and your development in the organisation:

1. Reflect on a workplace experience that is meaningful and important to you and your growth in the organisation (reflection should draw on your personal observations, experiences, assumptions and emotions).

2. Analyse the chosen situation by applying relevant OB concepts/theories/models from the relevant Topic.

3. Develop a strategy for managing own or other employee(s) behaviour with the purpose of addressing the workplace situation.

4. Explain what you have learned about the relevant OB topic/yourself/others in the workplace as a result of this reflection exercise.

Each reflection needs to be based on three recent scholarly articles. As this is a reflection where you are using your own experiences and views, your blogs should be written in first person.

A quality reflection shows deep critical analysis of workplace experiences through the application of OB theories/models/ concepts. It provides deep insights into the practitioner’s own practice. This is an opportunity to express your voice on workplace trends that are important to you.

RATIONALE

This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:

• be able to critically examine assumptions and propositions of theorising about

· organisational behaviour in general.

·be able to evaluate current organisation practice and to develop strategies that may assist in the understanding and management of employee behaviour.

The purpose of this assignment is to complete a critical reflective journal for four OB topics covered in the subject. The aim of this assignment is to enable you to highlight thoughts on each topic as well as demonstrate your understanding of the topics covered in this subject.

I have 5 Essays needed to be written for my management class. 

Essay 1-4 should be 7 pages

Essay #5 is required to have all the pages of essay 1-4 neatly combined into one, should be 38 pages. (Not a new essay!!)

I have uploaded the detail explanation of each essay. 

Please review prior to accepting so it can be fair for both of us. 

1. Identify the main HR challenges of international business for you.
2. Select and illustrate a function of HR which you consider to be the most important for an international business.

Provide your perspective of the international HR challenges and functions presented .

• Posts should be 300 words in length at least , not including title headings or references 
• Must include at least one source outside textbook, but textbook should be used as reference to support answer.
• All sources should be cited in APA format
• No plagiarism 

Topics are: Warrior Toughness, Effective Presentations, Leading with Feedback, 

Human Behavior and the Organization, Heuristics, and Facilitation of Groups.

The essay should Pick three topics and reflect how they have impacted you as a leader and how might you use this information in the future in and out of the workforce?

apa format with three references 

 HR Management test questions

1. Describe the employment-at-will doctrine. – This is a common-law doctrine stating that employers have the right to hire, fire, demote, or promote whomever they choose, unless there is a law or a contract to the contrary.

2. List four major laws enacted since 1960 that directly impact the Human Resources function. Briefly describe each.
– Family and Medical Leave Act – Allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of leave for their serious health conditions or the birth or adoption of a child. . Injured employees may ask to use that leave time in addition to the leave time allowed under worker’ comp, even if it is unpaid.
– Americans with Disabilities Act – Prohibits discrimination based on disability
– Occupational Safety and Health Act – passed “to assure so far as possible every working man woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions and preserve our human resources.”
– Equal Pay Act of 1963 – Tries to depress sex discrimination as related to pay and commerce in the workplace.

3. Explain how a firm’s human resources influence organizational performance. –

4. Describe how firms can use HR initiatives to cope with workplaces changes and trends such as a more diverse workforce, the global economy, downsizing, and new legislation. 

Imagine you are a consultant and are advising a group about their new health care startup. They have asked you to present training and education in a health care organization.

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation about training and education in health care in which you:

• Explain why training and education are vital in health care.
• Explain the importance of measuring competencies.
• Describe the process for tracking and evaluating training effectiveness.

Include detailed speaker notes and at least 2 references.

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

HA3110D – Quality Improvement and Risk Management

Discussion 03.2: Performance Factors

Discussion Topic

Task: Reply to this topic

Four performance factors can be measured for any healthcare activity: structure, process, outcome and patient experience. Imagine you are a leader at the fictional Metro Health Clinic and have been assigned to determine what data will be used to measure the rate of issues identified in the case study. Carefully read the case study and measure development tutorial, then complete the worksheet.

Read the case scenario and complete the performance measure development worksheet. Initial post due Thursday.

Case Scenario

Having just moved to Metro City, you are a NEW patient at Metro-Health Family Practice Clinic. Because it is in the center of the city, off the main transit routes, Metro-Health is hard to find and identified only by a small sign in front of the building. Once inside the door, you become faint and need a wheelchair. There is no staff available and no wheelchairs in sight. After a few minutes you are able to walk with the help of your family member and find the desk marked “check-in.” After waiting in line for 20 minutes, you are directed to the “registration desk” because you are a new patient.

The registration clerk is very kind and considerate of your needs and provides you a chair. The clerk has numerous questions but is taking time to explain the process and allows you to ask for clarification. This process takes another 20 minutes; however, you can review the information thoroughly and ensure its accuracy.

You are immediately placed in a comfortable room and asked if you want your family member in the room with you. The assistant closes the door and takes your blood pressure, temperature, and respirations. Assuring your privacy, she tells you the results and explains what she is doing. She leaves the room and almost immediately the physician enters.

The physician greets you warmly and asks about your history of high blood pressure, why you are here today and that you to tell her about the dizzy spells you are having. She carefully goes over your medications, the dose, timing, and any side effects. During this process, the doctor discovers you are taking two highly potent and expensive medications to lower your blood pressure. She discontinues one and prescribes a far less expensive generic brand of the other drug.

You get your prescription filled, and after a week you are feeling less tired, have experienced no dizziness, and your family member who takes your blood pressure reports it as within the acceptable limits. You then receive a phone call with a survey asking about your clinic visit.

Directions

This case study provides several opportunities to measure performance in the four categories–structure, process, outcome, or patient experience.

Because a percentage clearly communicates the prevalence, or “how often it happens” based on a population (also known as rate), we will need to determine a numerator (the top part of a fraction) and a denominator (the bottom part of a fraction).

As the manager at Metro-Health Family Practice Clinic you assure the organizational goals are met. They include the following.

Safety – falls

Being visible in the community – finding the facility, advertising

Ease of registration process – patient perception

Physician timeliness – patients wait no longer than 10 minutes

Providing efficient, cost effective care – patient perception

Keep these goals in mind to set up performance measures for Metro-Family Practice Clinic. Post an initial copy of your worksheet with performance measure by Thursday. By Sunday, respond to at least two (2) other students in at least 100-150 words with suggestions on how to improve performance.

Setting up Performance Measures

When setting up a performance measure, we rewrite the measure in terms of the data that will be used to calculate the measure.

The basic elements of a performance (quality) measure include:

The population or group being measured (all patients seen in our clinic)

What is being measured (falls).

Over what time frame (days, weeks, months, years).

With this information, clinical quality measures can be developed for virtually any aspect of healthcare. As well, by writing the performance measure this way, we know what data to use to answer our question.

Let’s use the first example on the work sheet: “What is our rate of falls.” Here are the steps we will use.

Define the population: total number of patients we see in the clinic.

What are we measuring: falls.

Over what time frame: we will use a month.

Remember, we are setting up a performance measure so there are no “numbers” yet, that will come later based on our data.

We go about figuring out the monthly fall rate by comparing the number of falls to our total number of patients. Like this:

      Number of falls in month            =        Numerator

Total number of patients (in the month) =  Denominator

                        When multiplied by 100 = % (percentage or rate) of falls

Again, we are setting up performance measures, not the actual rate in numbers because we do not have the data (numbers) yet.

EXAMPLE

Safety Measure: You want to know the percentage of falls when entering your facility in the past month.

Numerator = number of reported falls

Denominator = total number of patients

When multiplied by 100 = % (percentage or rate) of falls

In a word document, complete the following and submit to the discussion (you may copy and paste into the discussion):

Community Visibility Measure: Percentage of patient complaints “not able to easily find the facility.”  

Numerator =

Denominator =

Name one thing that might be done to improve visibility:   

Registration Process Measure: Percentage of patients waiting longer than 20 minutes to be registered.   

Numerator =

Denominator =

Name one thing that might be done to improve patient wait time.

Physician Timeliness Measure: Percentage of patients waiting to be seen in the exam room more than 10 minutes. 

Numerator =

Denominator =

Name one thing that might be done to improve physician timeliness.

Scoring Guide 

Criteria  

1. 

Work addresses each measure.

2. 

Numerators and denominators have been identified for each measure.

3. 

Initial post includes suggested improvement response.

4. 

Initial post is submitted by Thursday at 11:59MT.

5.

Reply to at least two other students by Sunday.

Rating Scale: 25 Points Total 

5

Work meets or exceeds criterion at a high level of competence.  

 Each student is to prepare a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 7 slides including the cover slide and the reference slide. Every slide needs to include 75 words in the Notes section. 

Please, ensure that your name is on the cover slide. You must use at least one reference, in addition to your book. You need to use in-text citations. Your in-text citation and your reference (on your reference slide) must be in APA format.

Please, ensure every group member’s name is on the cover slide. You must use at least one reference, in addition to your book. You need to use in-text citations. Your in-text citation and your reference (on your reference slide) must be in APA format.

Topic for PowerPoint Presentation

Discuss best practices for hiring top talent and the process for developing top talent from within the organization.

The question is:

Do you think there is a difference between diversity management and affirmative action? Provide an explanation for your response. Support your response with APA cited reference(s).

I have added attachment of two class mates answers. Need 3-4 response with question and references if needed. 

Review the following lectures:

• Performance Management, Employee Performance, and Reward Systems
• Understanding the Performance Management Process
• Organizational Performance and Strategic Planning

Project

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

Introduction

You are the HR Manager for a manufacturing company. The company is open seven days a week and twenty-four hours per day. There have been constant disagreements between the production manager, the sales manager, and the quality assurance manager. The sales associates have promised each client a shipment on a specific date, bypassed the quality assurance manager, and gone straight to the production manager. The production manager has shipped the product without allowing the quality assurance team to inspect the merchandise before it is shipped. Each time this situation occurs, a customer returns the defected merchandise and the quality assurance team is blamed. In addition to the new orders that must be shipped, the organization has to replace and ship another order to the previous customer. Since this is a replacement order, the organization cannot charge the customer. Employee morale is low and no one has received a raise in a year. The performance appraisals are used as means to terminate employees, and the job descriptions are outdated. Lastly, the company is on the verge of losing several large contracts as well as competitive advantage. Before you begin to tackle this organizational issue, let us begin with some preliminary work.

Tasks

• Analyze the purpose of performance management.
• Assess how performance management can be used as a business strategy.
• Evaluate the key steps of the performance management process.
• Evaluate critical components for performance management and strategic planning.

To support your work, use your course and text 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.

Submission Details:

• Create a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document.
• Name your file as SU_HRM5050_W1_Project_LastName_FirstName.