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“Ethical Issues in Business”  Please respond to the following:

• Read the article titled, “Recognition, Reification, and Practices of Forgetting: Ethical Implications of Human Resource Management.” Be prepared to discuss. Next, analyze one (1) human resource ethical issue that you believe is prominent in today’s organizations. Suggest two (2) approaches that organizations could take in order to resolve this issue. Provide a rationale for your response.
• Rank the major ethical issues and dilemmas in business in order of importance (one [1] being the most important). Provide a rationale for your response.

 HR Training Class paper
Imagine that you are a member of the HR department of a small retail company and upper management has asked you to create a new employee customer service training class for all new employees.  
Write a six to seven (6-7) pages:

1. Justify the use of a needs assessment of your company’s proposed employee customer service training, stressing five (5) ways in which such an assessment would expose any existing performance deficiencies.
2. Develop a customer service training implementation plan and determine the method of training (i.e., presentation, discussion, case study, discovery, role play, simulation, modeling, or on-the-job training).  
3. Justify why you selected the training method that you did. 
4. Propose two (2) ways to motivate an employee who has no interest in attending a training class.
5. Develop a survey to collect feedback from the employees who attend the training.
6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. 

Discussion #1

Review the  reading for this week (Can Unions Survive Technology). Provide a response to this article based on what you have learned in this course.

Article 

 Can unions continue to remain relevant in a more dynamic world of labor?

Kavi Guppta. FORBES, October 12, 2016

Retrieved from: 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kaviguppta/2016/10/12/will-labor_xfffe_unions-survive-in-the-era-of-automation/#26a88b9b3b22

Discussion #2

In many organizations like Prosegur Employee Relations and Labor Relations are the same department. Do some research on your own Prosegur. How is that set up? Who is responsible in the organization for diversity and inclusion? Do you think they are doing a good job? Why or why not?

Read the case study titled “Revitalizing a Brand”, located in the online course shell. Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the branding and communication strategies of one (1) health services organization that is similar to the health services organizations mentioned in the case study.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
2. Conduct a Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats (SWOT) analysis associated with the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
3. Assess the importance of benchmarking in Plaza Home Health Services’ development and implementation of an effective brand strategy (marketing communication, identity, and brand position).
4. Compare branding and communication strategies of a similar health services organization with that of Plaza Home Health Services. Determine whether or not Plaza Home Health Services should apply additional best practices into its current branding and communication strategies. Provide a rationale and support for your response.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify 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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the marketing research process and market segmentation strategies in the health care industry.
• Analyze business planning based on an analysis of domestic and global operating environments, market dynamics (supply and demand), commercialization, and product-market expansion.
• Explain how branding strategies apply to the health care market for existing and new products.
• Determine the marketing communications strategy used in health care services.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services strategic marketing.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services strategic marketing using proper writing mechanics.

Please make sure that you follow all the teacher instruction and watch out for spelling and grammar errors.

Book Reference: Gomez-Mejia, L. R., Balkin, D. B., & Cardy, R. L. (2016). Managing human resources (8th ed.) [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780133953718 

 Describe the biggest challenge that you think human resource management faces in managing employee diversity in the workforce. Support your response with at least one academic source. 

Instructions:

Write a page to discuss how tort law is important in today’s business environment. What do tort laws seek to prevent? Who does it seek to protect?

Also, discuss the concept of standard duty of care as it relates to the industry standard at your current (or past) place of employment. How does such duty of care differ from other industries? What would be considered a breach of duty thus creating liability for negligence?

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

Week 6- The Issue of Acess and Cultural Relevency

Thanks to your discussion on the importance of certain outcomes of Outdoor Ed in your respective communities, I want to shift the discussion onto the barriers preventing communities from reaching these resources, opportunities, and outcomes. 

Please listen and take notes on the following podcast from 1A- NPR titled ‘Nurturing A Bond Between Black People and Nature’ then answer the below questions in our discussion section. 

https://the1a.org/shows/2017-12-18/get-out-nurturing-a-bond-between-black-people-and-nature (Links to an external site.)

1- Why is inequitable access to public lands a problem

2- Identify and explain at least three barriers to access outdoor spaces? These can be barriers addressed in the recording or ones that were not addressed. 

3- Propose a solution to some of these barriers.

As always feel free to leave additional questions for your classmates in your response. Continued discussions are always welcome. Remember to maintain an open mind, assume best intentions and be respectful as you enter into a dialogue.

Additional readings and resources

Whitewashing in the Outdoors
https://www.dbpmagazineonline.com/2016/12/11/whitewashingoutdooradventure/ (Links to an external site.)

A Critical Exploration of Women’s Gendered Experiences in Outdoor Leadership
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1053825918820710

If you were the Vice President of Human Resources for a public agency, how would you assess why employees are leaving?  After you choose your method, how would you analyze the data for the top reasons for employee departure? What would your plan of action be to deal with these concerns?( least 200 words and find a resource to support your opinion, Make a reference) less than one hour

Discussion Questions (DQ)

1. Create a Work Breakdown Structure for a term paper project or another school-related project you are working on.  What are the steps in the WBS?  Can you identify any sub-steps for each step?

Internet Exercise 

2. Access https://www.mtholyoke.edu/sites/default/files/datawarehouse/docs/dwprojectprocessanddocumentation.pdf . Analyzing the comprehensive Scope Statement for the data warehousing project, what problem is this project seeking to address? what is the proposed solutions?

MS Project Exercise (Project Outline – Remodeling an Appliance) 

3. Using the information provided below, construct a simple WBS table for the project example.

                      Project Outline— Remodeling an Appliance

I Research Phase

II Design and Engineering Phase

III Testing Phase

IV Manufacturing Phase

V Sales Phase

I Research Phase

A. Prepare product development proposal

1. Conduct competitive analysis

2. Review field sales reports

3. Conduct technological capabilities assessment

B. Develop focus group data

C. Conduct telephone surveys

D. Identify relevant specification improvements

II Design and Engineering Phase

A. Interface with marketing staff

B. and so on

III Testing Phase

IV Manufacturing Phase

                      V Sales Phase

What features should come with a good training site?
Your response must be at least 75 words in length.

What are the parts of the evaluation process?
Your response must be at least 75 words in length.