Recall a past or present manager.  Which of the five Leadership Grid styles does or did your manager use most often.  Describe the behavior.  Successful or unsuccessful?

For this and future discussions, your initial post should be 250 or more words.  To earn full credit, you must complete your initial post and then reply to a MINIMUM of two of your peers.   Please review the spirit and intent of the Discussion Board discussed earlier.

WK 3 DB 2: Video Case Study

Video case (remember to open the link in a new tab  or cut and paste the link into your browser if needed, select Chapter 3 from the chapters,  and then select video):

Motivation at Washburn Guitar (7:05)

Video Link: http://academic.cengage.com/resource_uploads/downloads/1285866355_535789.mp4 (Links to an external site.)

In your discussion, address the three questions listed below:

1. What motivates most employees at Washburn guitars?

2. What kinds of guitars do employees most like to produce?

3. What is the connection between quality guitars and workforce motivation?

The aim of this task is to analyse a contemporary industrial relations issue using relevant theory.
Students will select a recent Australian case with implications for employment relations. Examples are:

•  Australian Cricketers – ACA (2017)
• Chemist Warehouse – NUW (2019)
• DP World – MUA (ongoing)
• Port Kembla Coal – CFMEU (2016-2019)
• Alcoa – AWU (2017-2019)

Your Task

1. Provide a brief history and context of the case. You should outline the nature of the issues, show the significance of the case, and the outcome of the bargaining or predictions of possible outcomes.
2. Examine the views and positions of the different parties or actors in the case and how these relate to each other.
3. Outline any relevant legal, political, social, economic or technological aspects to the issue and how these factors shape the issues.
4. If you were a neutral consultant on the case, what solutions or policy recommendations would you put forward in order to safeguard both economic productivity and workers’ voice and welfare?
5. Utilise relevant theory and literature to explain the underlying causes of the issues and possible solutions.

Length – 1500 words (excluding the reference list) (+/- 10%)

Some years ago, US employees were offered, and accepted, full-time jobs with a high level of benefits. Today, that trend has reversed where part-time job and/or temporary consulting jobs are becoming more common as opposed to full-time employment. Given this background, address the following:

• Provide a brief, statistical background on the rising level of part-time versus full-time employment, including the rise of consultants versus employees.
• Discuss the criteria a human resource professional should utilize to determine whether an organization should hire a full-time versus part-time employee, a consultant versus an employee, and what those implications would be for both an organization and an employee. Must be 300 words

Instructions

For this assignment, assume you are the owner of a small business in the Midwest with a sales force of ten people whose territories cover five states. Your sales force is commission-based, so their earnings depend on whether they exceed or fall short of their monthly sales quotas, which are determined by the company. At the time a salesperson joins the company, you have them sign an agreement acknowledging that they are independent contractors, not employees. The agreement prohibits them from representing any of your competitors, although they may do work for non-competing businesses. They must perform their sales duties themselves, and may not hire assistants without your approval and at no additional cost to your company. They are not reimbursed for travel, food, or lodging expenses. For convenience, they have access to cubicles at your main office, along with a laptop and cell phone, although they are not required to use the facilities or equipment. They do not receive benefits, such as sick leave, vacation, and holidays. They are paid monthly, and no payroll taxes or social security deductions are withheld from their checks. Since they are on the road a lot, you carry liability insurance. Your insurance broker told you that if they are injured while performing their duties, they could sue the company, so you told your workers’ compensation carrier that they are employees so they would be covered by workers’ compensation insurance. Although the salespeople are not required to report their hours worked each month, they are expected to meet or exceed sale quotas and complete monthly reports, indicating the number and names of clients contacted, follow-up calls, and related information documenting their activities. If they failed to meet their monthly sales quotas, they must provide a written explanation.

• Based      on the above information, prepare a 4-6 page, double-spaced essay      indicating whether the salespeople would more likely be considered as      independent contractors or employees, based on the IRS 20-Factor Test.
• Please      post by Sunday evening at 11:59 p.m. CT.
• The      assignment covers material from the text for Week 2. Be sure to read the      assignment carefully.
• You      should prepare the assignment using the following guidelines: 
  1. A       12-point Times New Roman or similar business font,
  2. Submitted       in Word format (docx, doc, or rtf file formats),
  3. Style       and citations should follow the 6th edition of the APA Manual.
• The      assignment is worth 150 points.

• choose two (2) of the following employment tests: drug tests,  medical examinations, polygraphs or honesty tests, and scored test of  ability. Next, analyze the manner in which the testing itself could be  considered illegal when an organization does not properly use it during  the employment hiring process. Justify your response.
• Give your opinion of the purpose of the Bona Fide Occupational  Qualification (BFOQ), as discussed within the text. Then, suggest two  (2) occupations where the discriminatory requirement is legal. Justify  your response

This is a discussion not a paper. I need 2 nice paragraphs with 150 words in each paragraph and 1 up to date reference. ORIGINAL work. the video is at  YouTube.  (2020).  HR Basics:  Recruitment.  Retrieved from YouTube video located at
 https://www.youtube.com/channel. 

Based on your review, please respond to the following:

Specifically focus on the 3 essential concepts of recruitment and select any one of the concepts to discuss. After discussing, explain to the management team why it is critical to effectively implement your chosen concept.

Research a non-union company on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list. 

Describe at least three of the following items in a 15- to 20-slide presentation that includes speaker notes:

• Hiring and selection practices
• Training and Development
• Compensation and Benefits
• Performance Feedback
• Employee engagement

Analyze these practices to determine if they help to create an environment that does not need a union.

Cite any outside sources according to APA formatting guidelines.

Altex Corporation

Read Case 3: Altex Corporation in the case study section of your text. Write a summary of the case and answer the following questions from the end of the case.   

• Why was a risk management plan considered unnecessary?
• Should risk management planning be performed in the proposal stage or after contract award, assuming that it must be done?
• Does the customer have the right to expect the contractor to perform risk analysis and develop a risk management plan if it is not called out as part of the contractual statement of work?
• Would Altex have been more interested in developing a risk management plan if the project were funded entirely from within?
• How might the Army have responded if they were presented with a risk management plan early during the R&D activities?
• Can risk management planning be justified on almost all programs and projects?

Your paper must be two- to four- pages in length (not including title and reference pages), doubled spaced, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved style guide. A minimum of two sources, including the text, must be used to complete this assignment.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

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 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.

Topic for PowerPoint Presentation

The Civil Right Rights Act of 1964. Each group member will pick a topic and thoroughly discuss the chosen topic. You should tell (1) why it is important, (2) how it has impacted the workforce, and (3) if that topic has impacted you.