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Strategy, Planning, and Selection

Scenario

Assume for this assignment that you are being highly considered for a director-level HR management position for a best-in-class national retailer. You are in the final phase of the interview process and must respond to the interview panel regarding specific questions and scenarios that will help them determine if you are a good fit for the new role. The company’s culture is centered on the effective development of strategy, plans, and selection criteria aimed at building and sustaining a competitive and profitable organization. It will be extremely important that you respond with a strategic mindset in order to convince the organization you are able to help them ensure the execution of the business strategy. 

Instructions

Write a six- to seven-page paper in which you do the following: 

• Analyze and discuss different types of strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, and focus/niche) then select which one you would deem more appropriate for an “efficiency-minded” retail organization and explain your rationale. How would the selected strategy ultimately affect how HR does its job?
• Examine the four approaches to job design or redesign and provide an example (not a definition) of each. Then, make a case to the interviewing panel on the importance of effective job design applications in supporting the overall strategic goals of the organization. 
• Consider challenges and constraints associated in recruiting and identify and discuss at least two to three issues. What advice would you give to leaders to address your selected issues? Be specific. 
• List and describe 2–3 candidate selection process ideas that might add value and overall effectiveness to the process. Example: 5 Tips for Designing an Effective Employee Selection System. Also, what problems should HR and management teams avoid during the selection process?
• Use at least four quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: You may only use the resources listed in the Course Guide and those that are specifically provided by the professor.

Perform an internet search to identify an instance of environmental pollution in your state. Use the example you found and the imaginary scenario provided below to complete the assignment.

Scenario: There is a concern about environmental pollution in your state or community. Because of your expertise as an environmental scientist, you have been invited to be a panelist at a town hall meeting in which you will present an overview of the issue. The audience consists of community leaders, members of the scientific community, and some local residents.

Create a 5-to 8-slide presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Prezi, or Sway®) in which you explain the problem from a scientific perspective.

Address the following in your presentation:

• What are the scientific factors that are causing the issue?
• How is the issue identified? Describe the data associated with the problem.
• What solutions or opportunities should be explored to address the issue further?
• Incorporate relevant key words from the Environmental Pollution Key Terms document.

Use at least 2 outside references.

Format your presentation and references according to APA guidelines.

A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool that organizations utilize to identify their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) that may exist in a specific situation. Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read SWOT Analysis: Discover New Opportunities, Manage and Eliminate Threats. Conduct a basic SWOT analysis of an organization or a department you belong to using this SWOT Analysis Worksheet. Once completed, attach your SWOT Analysis Worksheet to the discussion. In the body of the post, provide an overview of the organization or your department and discuss how you see these factors affecting the direction of HR. Explain how HR can be involved as a strategic partner in addressing the results of the SWOT analysis. Your initial post must be a minimum of 250 words. Cite at least one scholarly source to support your response.

1) Identify the company that you want to research for the three written assignments in the course.

2) Describe the organizational issue in your chosen company.

3) Explain why the issue hinders organizational efficiency.

Write a 1-2 page paper. Paper should be typed, double-spaced using Times New Roman (font size 12-point) with 1-inch margins on all sides

No Cover Page is require for this assignment. Please include your name, professor’s name, Title of the paper and the date of submission of the assignment. 

Please provide references on a Reference Page that includes two reputable sources.

Remember all papers must follow Strayer Writing Standards, not APA for citing sources in the text of the paper and on the Reference Page. See the link in BB titled, “Strayer Writing Standards.” Failure to cite sources amounts to plagiarism and will not be acceptable in this class.

This is a resource – you are not required to answer all these questions but your answers should reflect an understanding of all these questions.

1. Pursuant to contract law, is the waiver of liability legal and do Brian’s verbal assurances become part of the contract? Why or why not?  

· Foundation comes from reading Chapters 11, 12 – Jennings, Marianne. (2018). Business: Its’ Legal, Ethical and Global Environment (11th ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning. 

· Explain contract law and contract formation with required elements

· What is a waiver of liability and what makes it valid?

· Can a contract be verbal or is it required in writing?

· Can what someone says override the contract terms or, become part of a contract?

· When can liability be waived?

2. Does Peta have a product liability case against the mower manufacturer Ferrari for a design defect, manufacturing defect, or failure-to-warn defect?  

· Foundation comes from reading Chapter 13 of textbook. 

· Explain product liability and the causes of action.

· When is a manufacturer liable for their product and when are they not?

3. Does Lori have a claim for her injuries and can she recover pain and suffering damages or worker’s compensation?  

· Foundation comes from reading Chapter 13 of textbook and, research on state worker’s compensation laws. 

· What is worker’s compensation and when is it available to employees?

· What is the law as to worker’s compensation? 

· How does worker’s compensation differ from suing in court?

· Explain damages and what is available to recover for product liability?

Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. 

· Quality resources are course textbook, published books, academic journal articles, expert reports and case law. 

· Wikipedia is not accepted. 

Unit VII Journal

Instructions

Respond to one of the two options:

Option 1: Thomas is a prominent leader in his organization. Over the past several years, Thomas’ weight has fluctuated from morbidly underweight to morbidly overweight and back to morbidly underweight. The organization has given Thomas a performance improvement plan due to attendance issues resulting from concerns of the weight fluctuations. Thomas has consulted with an attorney regarding whether there is possible discrimination occurring by the organization. Do you think the organization is discriminating against Thomas? If you were the employer and you were truly concerned about Thomas, how would you handle this situation? Is a performance improvement plan appropriate here? Why, or why not?

Option 2: Sally and Roger have worked as a team in their organization for several years. Sally is age 64. Roger is age 67. Both are in fair health. Roger has type II diabetes and takes heart medication. Sally is a cancer survivor from 10 years ago with no recurrences. The team has made significant revenue for the company over the last 40 years, independently and collectively. The company does not have a written policy regarding mandatory retirement at age 65. Both Sally and Roger have slowed in their productivity though perform well above expectations by the organizational standard set. At the recent annual performance evaluation, Sally was encouraged by her boss (an owner in the organization) to look to retirement due to her increased health issues. Roger was encouraged to retire due to his work slowing down and increased errors in his judgement. Such issues had never been mentioned before. Do you think there is a viable case for discrimination regarding health and disability? Do you think there is a case of ageism to be considered regarding the organization and the owner? If you were the employer, how would you handle these issues?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit VII Project

Instructions

Age Demographics, Executive Summary, and Compile Project

The Fig Technologies Executive Leadership Council (ELC) has asked you to compile a report regarding the age demographics within the organization. Your findings are that employees between the ages of 18 to 25 comprise 11% of the workforce, employees 26 to 39 comprise 31%, employees 35 to 55 comprise 34%, employees 56 to 69 compose 18%, and the remainder are age 69 and above. You have been asked to compile a report regarding the advantages and disadvantages of developing a younger workforce in both professional and nonprofessional positions as well as for older employees 65 and above. Be sure to discuss age legislation and how this will affect any decisions the company may face. You must include a minimum of one outside resource for this component. This component of the report should be one to two pages included into the final report. 

The second part of this assignment is to submit the comprehensive research that you have compiled throughout your consulting contract over the past seven units. You are to provide a comprehensive report of the previous studies. Please add an executive summary of the steps for improving organizational diversity to the report being submitted to the ELC. The executive summary should be approximately half of a page. The report is the compilation of the previous project assignments. Please review these assignments, making any corrections based on instructor feedback. Add any transitions along with headers and sub-headers. Specific headings and sections should include the following: 

• Executive Summary, 
• Fair Treatment of Ethnicities, 
• Benefits of Organizational Diversity, 
• Improving Organizational Culture, 
• Gender and Work-Life Balance, and 
• Age Demographics. 

Your comprehensive report should include a title page and reference page. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style. 

Unit VIII Journal

Instructions

The past eight units have provided a wealth of information regarding diversity within organizations. How will you use this information and knowledge and apply it to your current and future work?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit VIII Final Project 

Instructions

In Unit VII, the comprehensive report was presented to the Fig Technologies Executive Leadership Council (ELC). You have the option to create a video OR PowerPoint presentation that summarizes your findings based on the comprehensive report. In the presentation of your findings, be sure to describe advances in organizational diversity developed from legislation, and explain paradigm shifts in the Fig Technologies organizational environment from increased diversity legislation. Include citations and references from at least three sources used in your presentation (these may be from the earlier components). 

The video option should be three to five minutes in length, using a YouTube channel or equivalent. Include charts or graphics as necessary to effectively present your findings. If choosing this option, upload a document with the link to your video and a transcript of your video. The document should also include a reference list and citations. 

While sources and information from previous assignments are appropriate sources to inform and guide the development of the video or PowerPoint, this assignment requires original content that demonstrates mastery and understanding of the course material. Do not simply copy and paste any portions from previous assignments.

The PowerPoint option should consist of a 10-12 slide presentation (not including the title and reference slides) with proper APA formatting. Include charts or graphics as necessary to effectively present your findings.

http://columbiasouthern.adobeconnect.com/powerpointbestpractices/

Click here to view a PDF that covers the basics of using PowerPoint.  

Paper length: 4 pages, not counting the cover and reference pages.

Conduct research on the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

What is its role and purpose as it relates to assistance it can give to human

resource personnel members to help them effectively and efficiently complete

their tasks and duties?

APA

250 Words

3 sources

For this assignment, you will produce a formal APA-style paper in which you evaluate the quality of an empirical article using the criteria you have learned over the past four weeks. First, download and read the attached article entitled, “The neurobiology of giving versus receiving support: The role of stress-related and social reward-related neural activity.” You may have to read the article more than once in order to fully understand it.

Next, download the file “Essay 2 – Template.docx,” which will help you format and organize your paper. Make sure to customize the template for your specific paper (e.g., running head, title, student’s name, university’s name). Follow the template as you write your paper. Please do not deviate from the template, as it closely aligns with the assignment rubric. In your paper, you will address the following criteria: measurement, sampling, analysis, and ethics. The paper should also include a brief introduction and conclusion, as well as a title page and references page. The paper does not need to include an author’s note or an abstract.

Finally, carefully review your paper for grammatical, spelling, or formatting errors. Compare your work with the assignment rubric to ensure that you have produced a high-quality manuscript. 

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Write a two-minute speech about 260 words on any topic.