Instructions

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Read the case study indicated below, and answer the following questions:

James, M. L. (2010). Accounting for business combinations and the convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: A case study. Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, 16(1), 95-108. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/docview/845495985?accountid=33337

1. What key financial ratios will be affected by the adoption of FAS 141R and FAS 160? What will be the likely effect?
2. Could any of the recent and forthcoming changes affect the company’s acquisition strategies and potentially its growth?
3. What were FASB’s primary reasons for issuing FAS 141R and FAS 160?
4. What are qualifying SPEs? Do they exist under IFRS? What is the effect of FAS 166 eliminating the concept of qualifying SPEs on the convergence of accounting standards?
5. If the company adopts IFRS, what changes should management be aware of?
6. What are the principle differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP?

Your submission should be a minimum of three pages in length in APA style; however, a title page, a running head, and an abstract are not required. Be sure to cite and reference all quoted or paraphrased material appropriately in APA style.

An exploration of the evolving role of a Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) topic that moves to a human capital perspective.

Guidelines

Students will complete a major research paper on a SHRM topic of their choice, that traces the evolving perspective of moving from an administrative to a human capital position on a topic of their choice. In addition to functional topics, including issues in staffing, employee learning, employee relations, performance management, total rewards, and HR information systems, students can include topics that mirror the course’s primary perspectives of human capital management, HR metrics, or line/HR partnering as their primary subject. 

Best Practices

Students can choose a topic of their own areas of specific interest on any HRM area covered in the course. Given the point of view taken in HRM591, the paper should reflect the strategic shift in HRM from labor as a cost to be controlled to labor as an asset in which to be invested. This perspective should treat the chosen topic and trace how it has changed to reflect the challenges presented by a technology-driven global economy. Research should trace the historical roots of the topic and how technology, globalization, and other strategic forces have shaped its changes. The paper length should be a minimum of 8–12 pages and comply with all formatting and APA style standards. Some suggested topics can include, but not be limited to, the following.

Most of the best known academic and popular journals will provide acceptable content. Primary among them are some of the following journals and publications.

• People & Strategy (formally human resource planning)
• Harvard Business Review
• Human Resource Management
• Academy of Management Journals (various titles included)
• Journal of Labor Economics
• Human Resource Management Review
• Personnel Psychology
• International Journal of Human Resource Management
• Journal of Management
• Sloan Management Review
• California Management Review
• Administrative Sciences Quarterly

This paper should reflect the collective efforts of the entire course content and the strategic evolution of HRM from a marginalized area of practice to one that assumes a position within management that is reflective of the potential role that effective workforce planning and development can play. The chosen topic should be framed in the above perspective and trace where it has been, where it is now, and what future direction it can take. Students’ research should defend why their chosen topic matters to senior management and the cost/benefit justifications that are required to defend that position. In short, the paper should speak to the two essential questions by which the course is framed. Those questions ask, “so what and now what?”

Include a cover page and reference page, formatting, in-text citations, and references are to be to APA standards.

• Indent paragraphs
• Paragraphs should have at least three sentences.
• Double space
• Numbers under 10 are to be spelled out.
• One font only- 12 pt Times New Roman (unless you need to use something different and larger that is okay, just make the paper consistent). The title page should be the same font.
• Be sure to included in-text citation for any information that you are mentioning that is not original content and include the full reference on the reference page per APA. Use Citefast or Citemachine to help with this. 
• Reference Page – Reference as a title is to be centered and not bold.
• References on the reference page are to have a hanging indention. 
• Many quotes used, keep in mind that each paragraph you write should be 80% original content from you and 20% can be from references. 
• Taking a quote and citing it is not answering the question. Use the quote to define your point. References should be use to validate the points you trying to make to give more validity. 
• In-text Citations ) one author)- (Author, year) or Author, year, p.)
• Submit using a word document not a PDF.

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Deliverable 3 – Workshop on Hiring People with Disabilities

Competency

Design reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of employees and the organization.

Scenario

You are the HR Director of a regional, non-franchised chain of restaurants. In a strategic meeting last month, you presented to the CEO that the diversity of the chain’s workforce is not up to standards. The CEO wants to increase the diversity of the staff and has asked you for recommendations. As you review the employee data for your firm, you realize that people with disabilities are not represented well in the organization and advise the CEO that an authentic effort should be made to increase hiring from this category of employees. She agrees but cautions that there will likely be pushback from the line managers about doing so. The CEO instructs you to gain support and buy-in from the line managers for hiring people qualified individuals with disabilities. You decide to do this by hosting a mandatory workshop designed to educate line managers on ADA and hiring people with disabilities.

Instructions

Prepare an outline for the workshop. Content should be listed in bulleted form. Include the time needed to cover each topic and provide an agenda for the workshop. The content should cover the following points:

• Demonstrates a business case for hiring people with disabilities, to include information stated in the ADA ACT.
• Discriminates between facts and common misconceptions regarding ADA, to include the legal definitions of impairment, and which disabilities are protected by the ADA.
• Provides examples of reasonable accommodations and actual costs of the same.
• Explains what constitutes a qualified individual according to ADA and how qualified individuals with disabilities can benefit the organization in the same way as those without disabilities.
• Provides attribution for credible sources used in your outline.

Resources

Article Databases:

• Business Source Complete via EBSCO
• Business via ProQuest
• ASP: Human Resource Management Online

 This research-based assignment focuses on the latest available information about creating, organizing, and managing a total rewards program. Envision a service-based (insurance, telemarketing, or other) profit organization that employs 20,000 employees in 17 different countries. There are 2,000 management-level individuals who speak a variety of languages. The company employs diverse individuals who are governed by multiple regulatory environments. Write an eight- to ten-page paper in which you: 

1. Create a brief overview of the company requirements for a total rewards system. 

2. Formulate a total rewards strategy to encompass the fundamentals of compensation and the regulatory environments. 

3. Explain the advantages of the total rewards strategy you are proposing and how it might satisfy the employees’ needs. 

4. Determine the key communication components of the total rewards system. 

5. Indicate your strategy for devising a competitive pay structure. 

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

Healthcare faces critical staffing shortages. Imagine you are part of the executive management team researching health care shortages. 

• Outline some of the staffing shortages in the market where you live.  Are they consistent with national trends? 
• Design a strategy that describes how your organization would alleviate some staffing shortages, including whether you would hire licensed practical nurses instead of registered nurses. Include concepts from readings throughout your program or from peer-reviewed journal articles. 

This week’s readings provide an overview of various types of mixed methods research designs. As with previous discussions on design, the selection of the most appropriate mixed design is guided by the study’s purpose and research questions and/or hypotheses. The choice of design links the research questions and/or hypotheses to the data that will be collected achieving alignment among research components.

In this Discussion, you will explore the basics of mixed methods research designs, calling upon your growing understanding of both quantitative and qualitative research.

With these thoughts in mind:

By Day 4

Post your response to the question, “To what extent is mixed methods research simply taking a quantitative design and a qualitative design and putting them together?” Next, explain the types of research questions best served by mixed methods research. Then, explain one strength and one limitation of mixed methods research. Finally, provide a rationale for or against the utility of mixed methods research in your discipline.

Be sure to support your Main Issue Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.

Tutorjass?

Using Earned Value Analysis

One of the key elements of effective project management is bringing together multiple concepts of scope, budget, and schedule management to have a system’s view of a project.

• Explain how earned value analysis and the balanced scorecard are both useful tools for project managers, if they are.
• If your manager said that there was only time to collect data for EVA or the balanced scorecard which would you select to use and why?

You may find Table 7-1 in the PMBOK® Guide of use in this discussion.

Support your statements and conclusions using at least one current, peer-reviewed scholarly article. Current means that the article was published in the most recent five years. Be sure to include your citation/reference pair in accordance with CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).

In this assignment, read Case Study 12.1 – The Problems of Multitasking located in the Pinto (2009) text.

• Present a case analysis 2000 word paper in length, not including the cover page and reference section.
• Your discussion is to wrap around questions one through three (1-3) located at the end of the case.
• You are to use a minimum of 7 sources as is required in accordance with APA standards.
• Be sure that you integrate the principles learned thus far in the course.

 Assignment 4: United States Department of Labor Case Study
Due Week 8 and worth 150 points

Go to the United States Department of Labor Website to read “ Health Plans and Benefits” at http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/cobra.htm. This Website communicates the current regulations and federal involvement in employee benefits.  Navigate the Website to become familiar with its contents. 

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the major features of this Website and how each feature can be used to monitor employee benefits.
2. Explain how employers could verify that their employee benefits comply with all federal laws by using this resource.
3. Explain how employees would use this information to ensure their benefits rights are protected.
4. Create an outline of the Website so that you could orient others to its usefulness for regulatory compliance.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality 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.