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                                   Discussion 1

 After watching the Change is Good… You Go First (Links to an external site.) movie clip, list three ways in which change can impact your leadership at work and two ways it can impact your leadership at home or in your personal life. What was the most important thing you learned from the clip?

Guided Response: Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length.  Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates posts. 

                                      Discussion 2

 Read the article, “Doing Good Requires Authentic Leadership (Links to an external site.).” Based on the content presented in the article, why is it important for a leader to be consistently authentic with his or her stakeholders? How can an authentic leader’s sense of purpose, values and relationships connect with and improve his or her community? How does a leader’s authenticity and integrity relate to servant leadership? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Guided Response: Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length.  Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates posts. 

Direct Financial Compensation (Monetary Compensation) 

Learning Objectives

• Summarize the usual components of a total compensation plan and the environment of compensation practice.
• Explain the direct financial compensation practices.
• Discuss job structures and how they are established.
• Summarize competitive pay policies: pay level and pay mix.
• Explain what pay structures are and how they are created.
• Review exceptions to the rules: compensation for sales representatives, contingent workers, and executives.

Indirect Financial Compensation (Employee Benefits) 

·  Learning Objcectives

• Define indirect financial compensation (employee benefits).
• Describe legally required benefits and the various kinds.
• Define discretionary benefits and explain the various types.
• Explain workplace flexibility (work/life balance).
• Describe customized benefit plans.
• Summarize the issues of communicating information about benefit plans.

1.  Describe in a brief essay what say-on-pay policies and claw back policies are. Why do corporations implement these policies?

2.  In a brief essay, discuss some of the reasons why companies chose to offer employee benefits. Also, discuss the reasons the U.S. government established particular legally required benefits.

Expectation:

–  essay form (narrative form) no Bullet points should not to be used

–  at least 1.5 – 2 pages in length, Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins and utilizing 

–  2 outside scholarly or professional source related to human resource management. 

–  APA formatting and citation should be used.

–  Textbook : Title: Human Resource Management  , ISBN: 9780134739724 Authors: Martocchio Publisher: Pearson Edition: 15TH 19 

You are now ready to present to management a final report on  establishing a project team and project phases needed to initiate the  changes for a more centralized model of delivering HR services. Once the  management team receives the report and is thoroughly briefed on the  direction the project will take, you and your project team will begin  work on the project.

The management team report will be a consolidation of the  previous assignment papers you have written in this course plus a report  overview (sort of like an executive summary) and final conclusion  (offering importance of topics and recommendations for next steps). You  may make up a fictitious company name (do not use a real company) and  create your own HR project team name.

See Attachment 

Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding. 

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. What do you feel is the most important function of Human Resource Management? 
2. How do you feel HR serves as a strategic partner within an organization? 
3.  How do you feel corporate culture impacts human resource management? 

 Respond to the post of at least two peers, using 100 words minimum each. 

[Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion].

 [Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review] [Your initial posting should be completed by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. EST. All peer replies must be completed by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. EST] [Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. A peer response such as “I agree with her,” or “I liked what he said about that” is not considered substantive and will not be counted for course credit. A blank post just to review other submissions will not be tolerated]

Think about a financial decision you made regarding the purchase of a big-ticket item within the last five years. Provide a summary on the discussion thread, answering the following questions:

1. What decision did you make?
2. How prepared were you to make the decision?
3. What was your thought process as you were making the decision?
4. What financial information did you need to make the decision and why?
5. What lessons have you learned that you will apply to future financial decisions?

Due Wednesday. See attached

Create an 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, excluding the title page and the reference page, outlining the advantages and disadvantages of union representation and how this increases or decreases employee motivation or morale. 

• Within your PowerPoint presentation, address how collective bargaining plays a role with employees. 
• Please use the “Notes” feature in PowerPoint to add comments and notes for the professor.

 The following exercise introduces you to pay equity in a corporate context and team discussion and collaboration.

Complete the exercise, Interactive Analysis: Employee Development – Pay Equity. A transcript of this interactive exercise is also available.

Consider what you learned in the experience and respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What are your feelings on a traditional salary structure (many levels) vs. simplified pay bands?
• Have your thoughts on salary structure changed after this exercise?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of using salary bands?

 

Riverbend City: Microaggressions

Review Riverbend City: Microaggressions and identify microaggressions that occur in the scenario. Use Chapter 2, “Taxonomy of Microaggressions,” in the Sue (2010) text to discuss the microaggressive themes in the scenario. Consider the Racial Microaggression in Counseling Scale presented in the Unit 4 study.

Self-reflection: Provide an example from your personal experience of a microaggression you have faced or a microaggressive statement or action you have made.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the posts of at least two learners. Share if you have ever witnessed the microaggressions discussed.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

• Describe personal experiences with microaggressions.
• Identify microaggressive themes.

Resources

• Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.
• Riverbend City: Microaggressions | Transcript.