Author: chris

Effective management of human resources contributes to mission accomplishment and vision achievement. Given that a vision is the future preferred status for an organization, it is critical to align people with the processes and resources necessary to propel the organization forward. As easy as this may seem to the uninformed, there are many challenges as pressure is applied to consistently reduce costs while delivering superior goods and or services.

Whether you are part of a small entrepreneurial start up, a civil servant with a mature and large government entity, or a volunteer for a non-profit organization, someone is fulfilling the role of HR oversight. No matter what type of organization you are working for the HR functions typically associated with building human capital are: analysis and design of work, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, employee relations, personnel policies, compliance with laws, and strategies for supporting the mission.

This assignment is designed to integrate the reflection of personal experience, and the information covered in the textbook. Assuming you are Juanita, answer the following questions:

• How can human resource management strategically contribute to the organization’s mission and vision on a daily basis?
• What skills might Juanita have to develop to better fulfill her role?
• How might Juanita engage line managers to become more involved in what has traditionally been HR’s function in this organization? Why?
• Which aspects of human resource management would she want to entrust to specialists? Why?

Read the Case: TSA and do the following:

• Summarize the case in 1-2 paragraphs.
• Explain which of the HR practices described in the case you think contribute to greater efficiency and effectiveness of TSA employees. Why? Recommend at least two other practices which could be employed to increase efficiency and effectiveness of TSA employees. Justify your response.
• Explain which of the HR practices described in the case you think can contribute to ethical behavior by TSA employees. Why? Recommend at least two other practices which could be employed to encourage ethical behavior of TSA employees. Justify your response.
•  Explain at least 3 practices you would recommend to ensure TSA follows equal employment guidelines. Justify your response.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper in Word format. Apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.

Problem analysis– Select an actual problem/ issue from a LOCAL organization that you have read about or have seen/ uncovered in the organization that you are interviewing.  Gather information on the problem and integrate the information from all your sources into an analysis of the central issues in your case. Your writing should focus on problem or problems identification and evidence supporting your interpretation of the problem or problems

Application of Customer Relations in BusinessTheories and Concepts: Select theories and concepts from the organizational behavior textbook that offer guidance in solving these problems. Justify your choice of theories and explain their relevance. The textbook is a starting point but you must not rely solely on your textbook as a source of information about organizational behavior. Peer reviewed articles are recommended.  Be sure to include a list of references with your paper.

Suggested Solutions– Outline the steps that the key decision-maker(s) should take and justify your suggestions. Your suggested plan of action must be derived from the theories you have discussed. In some cases, you must develop a solution that integrates across more than one theory. Your plan of action must be specific and include enough detail that the decision-maker(s) could begin implementation.

Specifications for the Final Application Paper

 USE ANY THEORIES AND CONCEPTS FROM CHAPTERS 1- 17 IN THE TEXTBOOK AND RELATE /APPLY TO YOUR CHOSEN ORGANIZATION

• Type report using MSWord ®

• Title Page with Title of the assignment, Students’ Names, Date, Course, & Instructor’s Name

• Table of Content format
• Length of report:minimum 7 pages, double spaced, text font size 12 (titles and headers maybe 12-16). The title page, table of contents, abstract, references, and appendices are not included in the 7 pages
• APA style
• Appendix format (research information, charts, graphs or others visuals should be placed in the Appendix section, when appropriate)
• Bibliography (sources of information, cited references, etc.)

o    Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (see list provided)

o   The textbook can be used as a reference.

 

Individuals will use a minimum of 5 sources for the application paper. All references must be from Academic Journals. An acceptable list is provided in the syllabus. The journals are available online through the library. Papers will be evaluated for content, style, spelling, grammar and punctuation. (Papers must be “A” work in order for an “A” to be awarded.)

Application papers will be graded using the Application Grading Rubric on the last page of this syllabus.

* APA format is discussed comprehensively at http://www.APAStyle.org.

 

 

Find articles from any of these peer-reviewed journals to support your main theme for the individual paper and for the group project/paper:

NOTE: The article journals below should only serve as guidance not a mandate; you are free to use any other academic sources

Ø         Academy of Management Review

Ø         Academy of Management Journal

Ø         Administrative Science Quarterly

Ø         Journal of Applied Psychology

Ø         Journal of Business Venturing

Ø         Journal of Management

Ø         Management Science

Ø         Organization Science

Ø         Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Ø         Strategic Management Journal

Ø         Journal of Supply Chain Management

Ø         The Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

Ø         International Journal of Value – Based Management

Ø         Industrial Marketing Management

Ø         Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice

Ø         American Business Review

Ø         Journal of Business Research

Ø         Educational and Psychological Measurement

Ø         Journal of Business Ethics

Ø         European Journal of Marketing

Ø         The Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

Ø         Health Marketing Quarterly

Ø         Academy of Marketing Science. Journal

Ø         Marketing News

Ø         Journal of Applied Business Research

Ø         Review of Business

 

Be sure and include in the abstract the name of the policy you are addressing and briefly what the paper will discuss.   Abstracts should be brief generally 150 words or less.

 

Context:

From the literature, discuss the issues the policy is designed to address.   You must have a minimum of 4 sources to develop the context.   Be sure and include both the pros and cons of the issue.   For example, if you are discussing safe staffing, there is literature which supports this effort and other literature which shows that additional staffing really does not impact patient outcomes.  You would want to include both sides in your discussion.

 

In this section you should clearly and thoroughly discusses the background of the issue, including significance of the problem. Discuss previous actions or solutions, stakeholders and how issue should be addressed. The paper should show a clear central idea and follows a logical flow.

 

Policy Goals and Options and Evaluation of Options.   NOTE:  On the rubric these are listed as separate sections but you may combine them if so desired.

 

Identify the policy and discuss the objectives of policy, detailed options and alternatives of the policy.  You must use the sources from the literature to effectively support the paper.

 

You must identify a minimum of two options or alternatives to the policy and thoroughly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each of the options/ alternatives identified.    Remember doing nothing or maintaining the status quo is an option.   You should also consider the financial impact of the options/ alternatives identified.    For example, one of the reasons safe staffing has never been passed on the national level is the fiscal burden it might create.  So what are the options/ alternatives to ensure safe patient care?

 

Conclusion:   

Summarize your discussion and draw conclusions regarding recommendations and limitations of the policy.

 

 

Reference Page:   Use APA Format

 

 

Policy Issue Paper 

  

Choose an issue that you are interested in and write a paper that would indicate a need for a policy.  Your issue may be one that has a local, state, national or international impact. The following web site is a good source for identifying issues:  http://kaiseredu.org/ or the ANA website especially rnaction.org     See the legislative issues sponsored by the ANA. These are usually great policy issues to adapt for local or state adoption.  Please post your paper using a word document in the Drop Box for rough drafts and under assignments for your final paper

 

Be sure to include the following:

 

1. Context – Identify the problem and discuss the background of the issue.  Discuss the significance of the problem.  What efforts have been taken in the past to solve the problem?  Who are the stakeholders and how should this issue be addressed?

 

1. Policy Goals and Options – What are the objectives of the policy?  What are the options and alternatives of the policy?

 

1. Evaluation of Policy Options and Alternatives – Evaluate the criteria.  Analyze and compare the policy’s alternatives.

 

1. Conclusion/Recommendations/Solutions – Summarize your finding and make conclusions.  Include limitations of the plan and potential consequences.

 

The policy paper should be 5 – 7 pages in length (not including face sheet and references).

The paper must follow APA format, this includes an abstract. I have included a Power-Point under the Resources tab of Oncourse as well as a sample paper. For those of you who have access to the recommended Dunn text, it has a chapter on writing a policy issue paper.

“Hills like white elephants” by earnest Hemingway is the story. Essay should be 650-750 words, and should include intro , thesis, and so on.. Also mention examples of literary devices such as imagery, tone, mood, situational irony, etc.. Should be in MLA format, times new Roman 12. Absolutely no plagiarism. Due by today, 3pm central time.

Complete both Part A and Part B.

Part A:

Select one of the following issues that court administrators face:

• Volume of cases in the court system

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper to describe the efforts that court administrators have made to address or solve the issue. Have the efforts been successful in addressing the issue?

 

Part B:

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you summarize the current state of victims’ rights in your state (including identifying the existence of any victims’ rights laws) and assess their impact on criminal law proceedings.

Include a description of one change you would make in the criminal court system regarding victim’s rights.

I need a one  and half page essay on the subject of Domestic Violence more specific why women choose to stay with their abusive male lovers. The paper should be basically about how domestic violence affects the society as awhole and most importantly why doing a research survey  (why women choose to stay in the relationship) is so important for example what are the benefits of conducting this survey and what our expecting findings will be and what are we plan on doing with our findings.

Then I need a orginal consent form that includes ethical considerations, statement on safe guarding their personal information, how the survey will be conducted, and how the survey will benefit the society and what will do with the information once obtain.

By the end of the seventh week, you are expected to have read one of the popular books (see the bibliography in the Doc Sharing Area) or several related leadership articles and to have prepared a 5- to 7-page summary. If you choose a book, you do not need to read it the same way you read a textbook. A book can be read quickly and lightly. You can extract the essence from works of this nature without reading each word and line with “pain-staking detail.” You may find the essence of the author’s work in the first chapter, sometimes it appears in the last chapter, sometimes it is spread throughout the book. I am asking that you provide a “summary” of the author’s work—what is the author’s major theme? What are the key ideas being presented? Your work is to be a summary and not a personal critique of the book or series of articles.

 

I have to write about Steve jobs ..go through any book and then write

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018715000113/nke-5312015x10k.htm

1.  Microsoft Word document:
Copy and paste key financial statements into your word document
o   They do not affect page count
o   You may find graphics in the SEC 10-K that illustrate topics
o   These items will assist readers as they review your pap

Identify highlights of your financial analysis, and contrast to a non-manufacturing (or manufacturing) corporation’s financial statements using your OWN WORDS.
What did you learn about the company?
What areas are changing and may be opportunities for cost control and improved profits
Pricing and Sales:  how are sales changing? While the SEC 10-K may not reveal details (consider competitive advantage versus required disclosure)
As sales change, how does gross profit and net income change? What are the causes?
Vertical analysis, comparatively, from year to year, is helpful

Estimated length: five to seven (5-7) pages  (Pages beyond 7 will NOT be read/considered for grading); single spaced

2.  Microsoft Power Point presentation:
Imagine that you are preparing slides to make a formal presentation to the senior management team of the corporation on opportunities for the future.
You may wish to add audio to the Power Point presentation file or provide speaker’s notes embedded into the file in the notes section.
Prepare the following:
1.      Cover slide
2.      Brief description of corporation
3.      Financial statement ratios you created and computed
4.      Cost of goods sold calculation (state, and use assumptions, as needed)
5.      Comparison of profitability of various product lines
6.      Potential opportunities to control costs in particular product lines, departments, divisions, etc.
7.      Recommendations for sustaining existing product(s) lines based on cost analysis
8.      Recommendations for eliminating or transitioning existing product(s) lines based on cost analysis
9.      Recommendations for potential market opportunities
10.      Concluding thoughts

Acquisition Analysis and Valuation Outline: The proposal must conform to the following conditions: (1) each manager will be representing an acquiring company or investment group whose business growth strategy involves an acquisition and (2) the target firm must be in the same industry.

 

The acquisition is to be a purely hypothetical acquisition of a financial services company or submit your alternative idea for approval from the Professor:

 

The use of publicly traded companies as comparables will facilitate data collection, and the selection of a single company and companies in the same industry will simplify the analysis. Based on analysis, define scenarios where an acquiring firm [might] overpay, underpay, or pay “fair market value” for the target firm and why.

 

The purpose of this Acquisition Simulation is to give students the opportunity to apply the tools they have learned in an increasingly common real world situation, i.e., mergers and acquisitions. In no more than 12 pages plus supporting charts, tables, financial statements and appendices, each proposal must address the following areas:

 

1. Executive summary [<1 page]: Identify the industry/market in which the acquiring firm is seeking to grow and discuss why a particular firm was chosen as the target. Moreover, discuss the rationale for the magnitude and composition of the initial offer price and your recommendation as to how it should be financed and why. This section should be no more than one page in length.

 

2. Industry/market overview[1 page]: Describe the industry/market in terms of size, growth rate, product offering, and other pertinent characteristics. Furthermore, describe industry/market dynamics in terms of customers, competitors, potential entrants, product/service substitutes, and suppliers.

 

3. Opportunities/threats [1/2 page]: Discuss major opportunities and threats that exist because of the industry’s competitive dynamics including any barrier to entry. Be sure that you can show how these threats or opportunities are a consequence of industry dynamics described in (2).

 

4. Objectives [1 page]: Assume FINANCIAL BUYER. Specify how the acquisition will enable the new company (i.e., the combination of the acquirer and target firms) to grow and create shareholder value. Cite specific objectives the acquirer hopes to achieve (e.g., gain access to new customers or products or proprietary technologies, improve shareholder value by achieving economies of scale or scope, etc.) and quantify whenever possible. Note that objectives can include the exploitation of opportunities or defense against threats identified in section (3).

 

5. Negotiating strategy [1/2 page]: Once the primary target has been identified

 

–Describe what you believe to be the primary issues/needs of the parties involved (i.e., target firm stakeholders)

 

–Recommend a deal structure that addresses the primary needs of all parties. Identify and explain the rationale for choosing the main elements of the structure including the proposed acquisition vehicle, post closing organization, form of payment, form of acquisition, and tax structure. Indicate how you might “close the gap” between the seller’s expected price and the offer price, if the seller rejects the initial offer, by making a counter-offer.

 

6. Financials and valuation [3-4 pages]: For the acquiring and target firms, provide projected three-five year income and balance sheet and estimate each firm’s value based on its projected DDM. List key forecast assumptions. Provide projected five year income, balance sheet, and cash flow statements for the consolidated acquirer and target firms including the effects of potential synergy.

 

Clearly state potential sources and destroyers of value. Develop a preliminary minimum and maximum purchase price range for the target firm. Identify an initial offer price, the composition (i.e., cash, stock, debt, or some combination) of the offer price, and why you believe this price is appropriate in terms of meeting the primary needs of both target and acquirer shareholders. The appropriateness of the offer price should reflect your preliminary thinking about the deal structure.

 

7. Financing plan [1/2 page]: Using the combined/consolidated financial statements, determine if the proposed offer price can be financed through some combination of cash, stock, or borrowing without endangering the combined firm’s credit worthiness or seriously eroding near-term profitability and cash flow.

 

8. Integration plan [1/2 page]: Identify potential integration challenges and possible solutions. (For those characterizing themselves as financial buyers, integration may not apply. Instead, they should identify an appropriate “exit” strategy.)

 

9. Conclusion: [<1 page] Recommendations for achieving value in the proposed acquisition supported by key evidence discussed in the narrative.

 

10. References: List articles read and data sources.

 

11. Appendices: Any detailed analyses and charts-tables used to support statements made in the “body” of the paper should be included here. If a chart or table is cited it should have a narrative of no more than 150 words. Unnecessary or un-narrated elements of a chart-table have no grade value. All work must be shown for equation calculations and equations must be plain-language specified. (Source ratio, e.g., Morningstar, must have an equation spec.)

 

APA Format

DDM = dividend discount model