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Employee training and development Unit 2 Discussion

Instructions

Section I – Brief the Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store, Inc., using the format detailed in Appendix A of Law and Ethics in the Business Environment. This area of briefing out to be 2 FULL pages in length.

Section II – Present a summary critique of the court ruling in the case. This area of discussion ought to be 4 FULL pages in length. Here, you are to discuss your opinion regarding the court’s decision. You may agree or disagree. Whatever your position on the case; be sure that you support your thoughts and ideas with adequate research as evidenced by in-text citation in accordance with APA standards. As such, you should have your researched sources cited throughout the body of your discussion in accordance with APA standards and should also have a corresponding entry in the reference area.

Section I and Section II of this assignment should be ONE DOCUMENT of 6 pages total not including cover page and reference section. References should be a minimum of 4 sources.

Attached is an example of how to brief a case

• British Petroleum.
• Coca-Cola.
• Ecolab.
• Exxon Mobil.
• Hilton.
• Marriott.
• McDonald’s.
• McKesson.
• Modelo.
• PepsiCo.
• You may choose another company with approval from your instructor.

Note: You will use this same company in all of your assignments in this course.

Your company has recently merged with a fictitious smaller, domestic company.

Create two company introductions and develop an 8–10 point checklist in which you:

• Give a succinct overview of the global company.
• Give a succinct overview of the fictitious domestic company merged with.
• Develop an 8–10 point checklist of steps you would take to unify company culture.
• Explain your rationale for choosing each of the steps in your checklist.

Your assignment must:

• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your 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.
• This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Create a checklist outlining the steps to unify company culture for a given organization.

View the following video about the top ten labor strikes in U. S. history (measured by numerical or historical significance):

(WatchMojo.com, 2014).

WatchMojo.com (2014). Top 10 labor strikes in U.S. history. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgd7_K5pCCU.

Case Assignment

Select one of the strikes presented in the video as your focus for this assignment:

10. Steel Strike 1919
9. UPS Worker Strike 1997
8. U.S. Postal Strike 1970
7. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Strike 1981
6. Homestead Steelworkers Strike 1892
5. ILGWU Garment Workers Strike 1909
4. Great Railroad Strike 1922
3. Textile Workers Strike 1934
2. Bituminous Coal Strike 1946
1. Steelworkers Strike 1959

Prepare a 4- to 5-page paper addressing the following:

1. Summarize the story behind the strike.
2. Was there a “winning” side and a “losing” side? Or, were both sides “winners? Or, were both sides “losers”? Why?
3. The union movement has changed throughout history. Many labor-management agreements today call for cooperation between management and labor. Discern whether or not, given this turbulent history, a cooperative partnership is even possible.

Use at least five Online Library sources plus any applicable background readings to support your discussion.

I must have ORIGINAL work with up to date REFERENCES…

Assignment 3: Strategic Value of Employee Benefits Programs 
Due Week 8 and worth 170 points 

To attract, motivate, and retain good workers, companies need to define what an employee wants from the employment relationship. One way to define employee needs is to consider “total rewards,” which are everything an employee perceives to be of value resulting from working for the company. Benefits are a core element of total rewards and the ever-growing package of offerings have evolved. You must now work with the company to define precisely where the various programs will be categorized. 

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you: 

Identify and discuss at least three (3) important factors that almost always should be considered by organizations prior to providing employee benefits programs. Be sure the response is specific and relevant.   Compare and contrast income protection programs and pay for time not worked programs, both of which are usual elements of benefits programs. How are the programs similar? Are they mandatory?  Research and discuss at least four to five (4-5) of what may be referred as “Other Benefits” that you could recommend to the management team as necessary elements for the benefits package. HINT: Flextime and product/service discounts are good examples.  Develop an employee benefits package for any exempt or non-exempt position level of your choosing,making sure you support the selection of your program elements. NOTE:The preferred method for presenting your benefits package information is using a table or exhibit, but either approach is not mandatory. HINT:http://www.isacs.org/uploads/file/Monographs/Business%20Operations/Benefits%20Plan.pdf 
http://www.usbankhr.com/hr/docs/benefits/benefits-at-a-glance-next.pdf
Use a minimum of 3 academic quality references at least 1 being the assigned course textbook (required). Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; 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 (with running head), the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.  Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. Use the Strayer University Library at https://research.strayer.edu to locate additional sources to support your work.  The specific course outcome associated with this assignment is:  Establish the importance of compensation and benefits, and how they support business strategy. 

The name of the course is HRM599 Human Resource Management Capstone

  Write a page answerings questions below. 

· Based on your experience, which do you feel is the most limiting factor in generating innovations: the idea for an innovation, or the organizational processes to support innovation? Why?

· Do you think this varies by organization or industry, or is it true across the market as a whole?

· Will addressing one of the shortfalls necessarily create success? Why or why not?

There are several methods to identify market gaps and the innovations that can fill them or proposed that are focused on quantitative processes (such as competitor research and trend analysis). Do you feel that innovation based on a quantitative process can be successful? Do your innovations need to be based on revolutionary ideas? 

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

On your TLC Home page, click on “Additional Library Resources” to access the IBISWorld Industry Research tool.

• Click on “IBISWorld.”
• Search “Business Coaching in the U.S.”
• Click individually on the topics across the tan-colored ribbon above the “IBISWORLD Industry Report 61143” headline
• Respond to the following:

1. What does this industry offer to private-sector employers who want to develop the talents of their employees?
2. Discuss the future of the industry and its major strengths, challenges, and competitors.
3. As an HR Manager in _______________(please select a type of business), what might the business coaching industry provide for your business? Select two services you think are best to utilize for the organization and explain why they were chosen.

First Post—Module 2

Please answer the questions below. Use question and answer (Q&A) format for your response; in other words, include the original question along with your answer in the reply. Within your post support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or web-based) and provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Bring in your own personal experiences, if applicable.

1. What data would you gather about your organization (or large department or division) to accurately evaluate its organizational climate?
2. How would you collect that data?
3. How often would you collect data and analyze it?
4. How would you analyze it?
5. What is an example of an HRM action that might result based on data gathered?
6. What are your experiences with evaluating organizational climate as an administrator or as part of a work group?

This week, you begin development of your Scholar-Practitioner Project: Health Care Administration Leadership Theory. In order to achieve success in this program and as a future leader in health care administration, developing your skills for effectively assessing current literature and evaluating problems is critical. One of the goals of the Scholar-Practitioner Project is to help you develop such skills.

For this Project Assignment, think about common trends in health care administration leadership or critical areas of need for leadership in the field. Prepare a literature review of scholarly articles related to your topic. This review should contain a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed or scholarly resources. Additionally, based on your conducted review of the current literature, create a problem statement that addresses identified gaps while incorporating implications for positive social change. Located within the resources for the week, you may find the information from Walden’s Online Writing Center helpful for your completion of the Assignment.

• For this Project Assignment, think about common trends in health care administration leadership or critical areas of need for leadership in the field. 
• Prepare a literature review of scholarly articles related to your topic in health care administration leadership. This review should contain a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed or scholarly resources. 
• Based on what you find in the current health care administration leadership literature, create a problem statement. It must address identified gaps while incorporating implications for positive social change.

Organize the Project in the following manner (each section should be represented for a comprehensive overview):

Literature Review and Problem Statement (5–7 pages):

• The Literature Review section should be written in the narrative form, integrating concepts from the articles you find. The section should include: 
  • A synthesis of a minimum of 10 peer-reviewed, scholarly resources that give the reader a good overview of the issue. The section should show the reader common trends in health care administration leadership or critical areas of need for leadership in the field. 
  • A description of theoretical gaps in the research area. Based on the research you just did in leadership, what seems to be missing? 
• The Problem Statement should include: 
  • An explanation of the specific problem that addresses identified gaps within the literature. 
  • An explanation of how your problem statement incorporates implications for positive social change. As students at Walden, you are preparing to become agents of social change. Based on your leadership topic, the research you just did, and the gaps you found, how would you be a social agent for change?

Support your Project with specific references to all resources and current literature used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

Find a 1-2 page article about writing from an internet source/website.

Provide the title and URL to the article.

Evaluate the article from the website using the 5 criteria from Unit 3. Write your answers in an essay format.

• Audience
• Authority
• Bias
• Currency
• Scope

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Find a recent article or video describing a new product in development. Post a link to the article or video in the discussion thread and describe the following:

1. What need is the new product trying to fill? Do you think it will meet that need?
2. What type of innovation does the new product represent?
3. What kind of process do you think will be used to make the product? Would it be possible to produce a lot of the product in a short amount of time?